Synonyms for fete

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : feyt, fet

Phonetic Transcription : feɪt, fɛt

Top 10 synonyms for fete

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Définition of fete

Origin : 1754, from French fête "festival, feast," from Old French feste (see feast). Apparently first used in English by Horace Walpole (1717-1797).

noun celebration, party
verb throw a party for someone

Example sentences :

Hubert, quite excited by this day of recreation and of fete, was the only one who had anything to say.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Have you invited the Benedictine Fathers to your fete in the wood?
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan

As it happened, the fete of Janville fell on Sunday, the second in May.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

The slightest excuse was sufficient for him—a fete, a wish, a simple pleasure.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

He had called on the Marquise the day following the fete at the Hotel Dulac.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

An idea of waiting outside until the fete was over came into his head.
Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson

When I was alone I thought about the fete, and about the change in Carmen's temper.
Extract from : « Carmen » by Prosper Merimee

A fete, I believe, to which the king invited himself of his own accord?
Extract from : « Louise de la Valliere » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

I have a tertian fever, which seized me after the fete at Vaux.
Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

That, then, is as much as to refuse, because the dress is wanted for the fete at Vaux.
Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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