Fete Definition

fāt, fet
feted, fetes, feting
noun
fetes
A festival or feast.
American Heritage
A festival; entertainment; esp., a gala entertainment held outdoors.
Webster's New World
An elaborate party.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
feted, fetes, feting
To celebrate or honor with a fete; entertain.
Webster's New World
To pay honor to.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Fete

Noun

Singular:
fete
Plural:
fetes

Origin of Fete

  • French fête from Old French feste feast

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fete Sentence Examples

  • The fete is for tomorrow.

  • Eighteen months later the coronation took place at Moscow with great pomp, but a gloom was thrown over the festivities by the unfortunate incident of the Khodinskoe Polye, a great open space near the city, where a popular fete had been prepared and where, from defective police arrangements, a large number of men, women and children, roughly estimated at 2000, were crushed and trampled to death.

  • This festival is now merged in the French national fete of the 14th of July.

  • This unfortunate fete at the ambassador's deprives me of a pleasure, and obliges me to interrupt you.

  • Hasselt is best known for its great septennial fete held on the day of Assumption, August 15th.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Fete Is Also Mentioned In

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to fete using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

FFEFET

Words Ending With

ETEETE

Unscrambles

fete

Words Starting With F and Ending With E

Starts With F & Ends With EStarts With FE & Ends With EStarts With F & Ends With TE

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With F4 Letter Words Ending With E