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banquet
- /ˈbæŋkwɪt/
- /ˈbæŋkɪt/ obsolete
Where it comes from
From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.
noun banquets · bankette
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A large celebratory meal; a feast.
True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant,
And in his commendations I am fed; / It is a banquet to me.
Similar: reception
- A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
- A dessert; a course of sweetmeats. Wee'll dine in the great roome, but let the muſick / And banquet be prepar'd here.
verb banquets · banqueting · banquetting · banqueted · banquetted
- To participate in a banquet; to feast. I am resolved; 'tis but a three years' fast: / The mind shall banquet, though the body pine: / Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits / Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.
- To have dessert after a feast. 1580, George Cavendish, quoted by John Stow (ed.), The Annales of England, Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, 1600 edition, “Henry the eight.,” p. 907, Then was the banquetting chamber in the tilt yard at Greenewich, to the which pla
- To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. Not possible; for who shall bear your part / And be in Padua here Vincentio's son; / Keep house and ply his book, welcome his friends, / Visit his countrymen, and banquet them?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: feast, junket, feasting, dine, dinner, meal, luncheon, picnic, table, gathering, luxury, sire, distinguished, reception, thyestean, party
Translations
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noun large celebratory meal — see also feast
| Español | comida festiva, banquete, convite |
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| 한국어 | 연회 yeonhoe |
| 日本語 | 宴会 enkai, 饗宴 kyōen, バンケット banketto |
| 中文 | 宴會 /宴会 yànhuì, 筵席 yánxí, 盛宴 shèngyàn |
| हिन्दी | भोज bhoj, दावत dāvat, प्रीतिभोज prītibhoj |
| Kiswahili | hafla |
| Português | banquete |
| Français | banquet, festin |
| Deutsch | Festmahl, Bankett, Gastmahl, Festessen |
| Italiano | pranzo festivo, banchetto |
| Ελληνικά | ευωχία evochía |
| Română | banchet, ospăț, chef, masă, festin, praznic |
| Русский | банке́т bankét, пир pir, пи́ршество píršestvo, пиру́шка pirúška, пра́зднество prázdnestvo, пра́зднование prázdnovanije |
| Tiếng Việt | đại tiệc, yến tiệc |
| العربية | وَلِيمَة walīma, مَأْدُبَة maʔduba, ضِيَافَة ḍiyāfa |
| עברית | מִשְׁתֶּה mishté |
verb to participate in a banquet
| Español | banquetearse |
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verb to treat with a banquet
| Español | banquetear |
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title = {banquet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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