different between admirer vs festschrift

English

Etymology

admire +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?ma?.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?ma??.??/
• Rhymes: -a??r?(r)

Noun

admirer (plural admirers)

1. One who admires.
2. One who is romantically attracted to someone.

Derived terms

• secret admirer

Translations

Anagrams

• madrier, mardier, married

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adm?r?r?, present active infinitive of adm?ror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.?e/

Verb

admirer

1. to admire.

Conjugation

Related terms

• admiration

Further reading

• “admirer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• madrier

Latin

Verb

adm?rer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of adm?ror

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Festschrift, from Fest (“celebration; festival”) +? Schrift (“writing (work of an author)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?st????ft/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?s(t)????ft/
• Hyphenation: fest?schrift

Noun

festschrift (plural festschrifts or festschriften)

1. A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person. [from late 19th c.]

   Synonym: liber amicorum

Usage notes

The word is often written as Festschrift (plural Festschriften) following the German orthography.

Alternative forms

• Festschrift

Translations

See also

• Gedenkschrift (“a festschrift presented posthumously”)
• memorial
• retrospective
• tribute

Further reading

• festschrift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia