Meanings
plural fests
- in compoundsAn 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.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 35
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁stos
- Proto-Italic*θēstos
- Proto-Italic*fēstos
- Latinfēstus
- Latinfestum
- Middle High Germanfëst
- GermanFest
- Englishfest
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).
More words from German, Middle High German, Latin
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Danish fest
- festA gathering for a specified reason or occasion
Finnish juhla
- juhlaA gathering for a specified reason or occasion
Italian fiera, sagra
- fieraA gathering for a specified reason or occasion
- sagraA gathering for a specified reason or occasion
Russian собра́ние
- собра́ние (sobránije)A gathering for a specified reason or occasion
Swedish fest, bjudning
- festA gathering for a specified reason or occasion
- bjudningA gathering for a specified reason or occasion
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
fest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fest
“fest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fest. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fest.
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