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fest

  • /fɛst/ UK, US

Sounds like fessed, -fest · Rhymes with -ɛst

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Fest (“feast, festival, party”), from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta (see these).

noun fests

  1. in compounds A gathering for a specified reason or occasion. a Renaissance fest

    Similar: festival

  2. in compounds An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs. That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: festival, gala, celebration, fun, feet, firm, party, hitler, joachim, occasion, gathering, solemnity, get-together, meeting, forgathering, ceremony

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noun A gathering for a specified reason or occasion

Italianofiera, sagra
Русскийсобра́ние sobránije

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@misc{fest_2026,
  title = {fest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}