-fest

/-(ˌ)fɛst/

suffix

A festival, a fest; used in names of events.

“Yule + -fest → Yulefest”

OriginEnglish fest ← German Fest ← Middle High German fëst →
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Meanings

suffix-fest (noun-forming suffix, plural -fests)

plural -fests

  1. A festival, a fest; used in names of events.

    Yule + -fest → Yulefest

    1 more example

    summer + -fest → Summerfest

  2. informalAppended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent.

    slug + -fest → slugfest

    3 more examples

    snooze + -fest → snoozefest

    action + -fest → actionfest

    joke + -fest → jokefest

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁stos
  4. Proto-Italic*θēstos
  5. Proto-Italic*fēstos
  6. Latinfēstus
  7. Latinfestum
  8. Middle High Germanfëst
  9. GermanFest
  10. Englishfest
  11. English-fest

From fest, from German Fest (“festival”).

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Cite this entry
APA

-fest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-fest

MLA

“-fest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-fest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-fest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-fest.

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