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4-letter words (4 found)

EFTS,FEST,FETS,TEFS,

3-letter words (8 found)

EFS,EFT,EST,FES,FET,SET,TEF,TES,

2-letter words (6 found)

EF,ES,ET,FE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 19 words from fest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fest

fest

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /fɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Homophones: fessed, -fest

Noun

fest (plural fests)

  1. (in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
    Synonym: festival
  2. (in combination) An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • festschrift

Translations

Anagrams

  • efts, FETs, Stef, fets, FTSE, FTEs, SETF, tefs, ETFs

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛst]

Noun

fest m anim

  1. (archaic) undestroyable person
  2. (archaic) mummy

Declension

Alternative forms

  • fext, fekst

Adverb

fest (comparative více fest, superlative nejvíce fest)

  1. (informal) firmly, tightly
    Drž to fest. ― Hold it firmly
  2. (informal) much

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “fest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “fest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest, from Latin fēstum (“holiday, festival, banquet, feast”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛsd/, [ˈfesd̥], [ˈfest]

Noun

fest c (singular definite festen, plural indefinite fester)

  1. party
  2. celebration
  3. festival
  4. feast
  5. fête

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • “fest” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Alternative forms

  • vest (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-West Germanic *fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see there for cognates and further etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Adjective

fest (strong nominative masculine singular fester, comparative fester, superlative am festesten)

  1. firm; compact; hard
  2. firm; fixed; rigid
  3. firm; steadfast
    1. (informal) of a long-term romantic relationship
      fester Freund ― boyfriend (as opposed to a platonic friend)

Declension

Derived terms

  • fest- (prefix)
  • -fest (suffix)

See also

  • Fest – n. festival
  • feste – adv. hard, firmly
  • flüssig, gasförmig

Further reading

  • “fest” in Duden online
  • “fest” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1372. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pëčɜ- (“color; to color, paint”) + -t (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛʃt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃt

Verb

fest

  1. (transitive) to paint (something a colour: -ra/-re)
    Coordinate term: mázol
    Pirosra festettem az autómat. ― I painted my car red.
  2. (transitive) to dye
  3. (intransitive) to look in some way
    Synonyms: kinéz, látszik, tűnik
    Hogy fest? ― What does it look like?

Usage notes

The stative types of the sense verbs feel, smell, and taste are uncommon in Hungarian (i.e., those expressing some sensory information conveyed, in contrast to the voluntary actions of using these senses or the involuntary perception). Instead, adjectival (-ú/-ű/-jú/-jű) and possessive (…-a/-e/-ja/-je van) constructions are used, and these are also applicable for sound. (The first two rows are for action verbs and perception verbs that behave similarly to English.)

On the other hand, certain verbs can express particular sensory impressions, e.g. illatozik (“to smell sweet, to be fragrant”) and bűzlik (“to stink, to reek”).

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

  • fest in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz. Cognate with German fest, Dutch vast, English fast, Icelandic fastur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæst/
  • Homophone: Fest

Adjective

fest (masculine festen, neuter fest, comparative méi fest, superlative am feststen)

  1. firm, hard
  2. solid
  3. rigid
  4. fixed, fast

Declension

Middle English

Verb

fest

  1. to feast

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum. Cognate with German Fest.

Noun

fest n

  1. holiday, festival

References

  • “fest” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin festum.

Noun

fest m (definite singular festen, indefinite plural fester, definite plural festene)

  1. celebration, party
  2. (religion) feast, festival
Synonyms
  • (party): party
Derived terms
  • bryllupsfest
  • festlig
  • folkefest
  • hagefest
Related terms
  • feste (sense 2)

Etymology 2

Verb

fest

  1. imperative of feste

References

  • “fest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin festum.

Noun

fest m (definite singular festen, indefinite plural festar, definite plural festane)

  1. celebration, party, festivity
    Synonyms: party, selskap
  2. (religion) feast, festival
Derived terms
  • festa, feste (verb)
Related terms
  • ferie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse festr f, whence also fester.

Noun

fest f (definite singular festa, indefinite plural fester, definite plural festene)

  1. a betrothal
    Dei gjekk i festom. ― They were engaged.
  2. alternative form of fester (“rope to moor boats with”)
Derived terms

In the sense of an engagement to marry:

Etymology 3

Inflected forms of festa, feste (“to fasten”).

Participle

fest (definite singular and plural feste)

  1. past participle of festa and feste
    1. fastened
    2. engaged
Alternative forms
  • festa
Derived terms
  • grunnfest
  • grunnlovsfest
  • lovfest

Verb

fest

  1. inflection of festa:
    1. imperative
    2. supine

Etymology 4

Inflected form of festa, feste (“to party”)

Verb

fest

  1. imperative of festa

References

  • “fest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

Inflected forms of festa (“to fasten”).

Participle

fest

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of festr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of festr
  3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of festr

Verb

fest

  1. second-person singular imperative active of festa
  2. supine of festa

Anagrams

  • stef

Polish

Alternative forms

  • chwest (Western Kraków, Ojców)

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Syllabification: fest

Adjective

fest (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

  1. (colloquial) perky, robust, vigorous
    Synonyms: dziarski, krzepki, silny

Adverb

fest (not generally comparable, comparative (dialectal) feściej, superlative (dialectal) najfeściej)

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) firmly, strongly
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bardzo

Noun

fest m inan

  1. (archaic) celebration, ceremony, function
    Synonyms: święto, uroczystość

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • fest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “fest”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 302

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • fejst

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Adverb

fest (Cyrillic spelling фест)

  1. (Kajkavian) very
  2. (Kajkavian) intensively
  3. (Kajkavian) tightly, strongly, firmly

Synonyms

  • jako, čvrsto, intenzivno

Silesian

Alternative forms

  • fes

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest. Compare Polish fest, Kashubian fëst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Syllabification: fest

Adjective

fest

  1. strong, well-built

Adverb

fest

  1. very
  2. much, a lot
  3. firmly, strongly

Further reading

  • fest in silling.org

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin festum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛsːt/
  • Homophone: fäst

Noun

fest c

  1. a party, a celebration
    Synonyms: kalas, party, partaj

Declension

Derived terms

  • festa
  • festprisse

References

  • fest in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • fest in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English vest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛst/

Noun

fest f (plural festiau or fests or festys, not mutable)

  1. undershirt, vest
    Synonym: (Patagonia) singlet

References

Yola

Noun

fest

  1. alternative form of hist (“fist”)

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40

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