festoon
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festoon
- /fɛsˈtuːn/ UK, US
Rhymes with -uːn
noun festoons
- An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
- A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament. The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
- A raised cable with light globes attached.
- A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
- Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
- A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
- Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
- Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
verb festoons · festooning · festooned
- To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots. The tree trunks and the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the undergrowth.
- To make festoons.
- To decorate or bedeck abundantly. He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.
- To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.
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noun ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots
| Português | guirlanda |
|---|---|
| Français | feston, guirlande |
| Deutsch | Feston, Girlande |
| Italiano | ghirlanda |
| Română | feston |
| Русский | гирля́нда girljánda |
noun architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon
| Español | festón |
|---|---|
| Português | festão |
| Français | feston, guirlande |
| Deutsch | Feston |
| Italiano | festone |
| Русский | фестон feston |
noun cable with light globes attached
| Español | guirnalda luminosa |
|---|---|
| Français | guirlande lumineuse |
| Deutsch | Lichterkette |
verb to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots
| Español | enguirnaldar, engalanar |
|---|---|
| Português | festoar, afestoar, festonar |
| Français | enguirlander |
| Italiano | inghirlandare |
| Română | festona |
| Русский | украша́ть гирляндами ukrašátʹ girljandami, украша́ть фестонами ukrašátʹ festonami |
Talk about this word "festoon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/festoon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. festoon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/festoon "festoon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/festoon.
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@misc{festoon_2026,
title = {festoon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/festoon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
