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banquet
English
Alternative forms
- bankette (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English ben? (“bench”). More at bank, bench.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæ?kw?t/
Noun
banquet (plural banquets)
- A large celebratory meal; a feast.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene 4,[1]
- True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant,
- And in his commendations I am fed;
- It is a banquet to me.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Esther 5:4,[2]
- And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
- 1715, John Gay, The What D'ye Call It, Act II, Scene 9,[3]
- So comes a Reck’ning when the Banquet’s o’er,
- The dreadful Reck’ning, and Men smile no more.
- 1800, William Wordworth, “Nutting,” in Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, London: Longman & Rees, Volume II, p. 133,[4]
- […] the hazels rose
- Tall and erect, with milk-white clusters hung,
- A virgin scene! — A little while I stood,
- Breathing with such suppression of the heart
- As joy delights in; and, with wise restraint
- Voluptuous, fearless of a rival, eyed
- The banquet, […]
- 1933, Kahlil Gibran, The Garden of the Prophet,[5]
- And the sun, even as you and I and all there is, sits in equal honour at the banquet of the Prince whose door is always open and whose board is always spread.
- 1972, “China Coverage: Sweet and Sour,” Time, 6 March, 1972,[6]
- The thrill of discovery quickly wore off. TV crews and reporters were soon scurrying frantically to satisfy the medium’s insatiable appetite for novelty, sometimes achieving massive inanity instead. During coverage of the first great banquet, correspondents—who had not been given menus—variously described those little orange balls decorating the table’s center as pomegranates, oranges or JellO. (They were actually North China tangerines.)
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene 4,[1]
- (archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
- 1639, Philip Massinger, The Unnatural Combat, Act III, Scene 1,[7]
- We’ll dine in the great room, but let the music
- And banquet be prepared here.
- 1874, Saturday Review: Politics, Literature, Science and Art
- At Inverkeithing the teetotalers objected to this profligate expenditure, so the Provost and magistrates manfully paid for their “cookies” out of their own pockets. At Dunse, instead of a cake and wine banquet, there was “a fruit conversazione,” whatever that may be.
- 1639, Philip Massinger, The Unnatural Combat, Act III, Scene 1,[7]
Synonyms
- (large celebratory meal): feast, reception
Derived terms
- banqueteer
- banqueteering
Descendants
- ? Scottish Gaelic: bangaid (Canadian)
Translations
Verb
banquet (third-person singular simple present banquets, present participle banqueting or banquetting, simple past and past participle banqueted or banquetted)
- (intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act I, Scene 1,[8]
- I am resolved; ’tis but a three years’ fast:
- The mind shall banquet, though the body pine:
- Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits
- Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Song of Songs 2:4,[9]
- He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 701-702,[10]
- Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets,
- I would not taste thy treasonous offer.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 32,[11]
- “Ay, ay,” said Wamba, who had resumed his attendance on his master, “rare feeding there will be—pity that the noble Athelstane cannot banquet at his own funeral.—But he,” continued the Jester, lifting up his eyes gravely, “is supping in Paradise, and doubtless does honour to the cheer.”
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act I, Scene 1,[8]
- (obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
- 1580, George Cavendish, quoted by John Stow (ed.), The Annales of England, Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, 1600 edition, “Henry the eight.,” p. 907,[12]
- Then was the banquetting chamber in the tilt yard at Greenewich, to the which place these strangers were conducted by the noblest personages in the court, where they did both sup and banquet.
- 1580, George Cavendish, quoted by John Stow (ed.), The Annales of England, Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, 1600 edition, “Henry the eight.,” p. 907,[12]
- (transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act I, Scene 1,[13]
- Not possible; for who shall bear your part
- And be in Padua here Vincentio’s son;
- Keep house and ply his book, welcome his friends,
- Visit his countrymen, and banquet them?
- 1800, Frederick Schiller, The Piccolomini, or the First Part of Wallenstein, translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: Longman & Rees, Act I, Scene 1, p. 2,[14]
- Just in time to banquet
- The illustrious company assembled there.
- 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Book X, Chapter II,[15]
- They treated them with profound reverence, as beings descended from heaven, and conducted them to a spacious house, the residence of the cacique, where they were banqueted in their simple and hospitable way, with bread and various fruits of excellent flavour, and different kinds of beverages which have been already mentioned.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act I, Scene 1,[13]
Derived terms
- banqueter
- banqueting
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /b???k?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /b???k?t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ba??ket/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French banquet.
Noun
banquet m (plural banquets)
- banquet (celebratory meal)
Etymology 2
From banc +? -et.
Noun
banquet m (plural banquets)
- small bench
Further reading
- “banquet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “banquet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “banquet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “banquet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic bank (“bench”) / Lombardic panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benc (“bench”). Compare Old French banquet, which only meant "small bench", from the same Proto-Germanic source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.k?/
Noun
banquet m (plural banquets)
- banquet
Descendants
- ? Catalan: banquet
- ? Norwegian: bankett
- ? Portuguese: banquete
- ? Romanian: banchet
- ? Spanish: banquete
- ? Swedish: bankett
- ? Finnish: banketti
Further reading
- “banquet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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festival
English
Etymology
From Old French festival, from Late Latin f?st?v?lis, from Latin f?st?vus (“festive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?st?v?l/
Adjective
festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)
- Pertaining to a feast or feast day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
- the temple of the Gods [...] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
Noun
festival (plural festivals)
- (biblical) A feast or feast day.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
- 16 All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
- An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
- In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
- (Caribbean, Jamaican) fried cornbread
Related terms
- festal
- festive
- festivity
- festivities
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /f?s.ti?val/
- (Central) IPA(key): /f?s.ti?bal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fes.ti?val/
Noun
festival m (plural festivals)
- festival
Czech
Etymology
From English festival
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?st?val]
- Hyphenation: fe?s?ti?val
Noun
festival m inan
- festival (an event or community gathering)
Declension
Further reading
- festival in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- festival in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English festival, from Old French festival, from Late Latin f?st?v?lis, from Latin f?st?vus (“festive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?s.ti?v?l/
- Hyphenation: fes?ti?val
Noun
festival n (plural festivals, diminutive festivalletje n)
- A festival (festive event or gathering).
Derived terms
- dorpsfestival
- festivalganger
- festivalisering
- festivalpubliek
- filmfestival
- kunstfestival
- muziekfestival
- songfestival
- theaterfestival
French
Etymology
From English festival, from Old French festival.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?s.ti.val/
Noun
festival m (plural festivals)
- festival
Further reading
- “festival” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English festival.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?s.ti.val/, /fes.ti?val/
Noun
festival m (invariable)
- festival
- worker's festival
Synonyms
- mostra
- rassegna
Related terms
- festivaliere
- festivaliero
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
Noun
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivaler, definite plural festivalene)
- a festival
References
- “festival” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
Noun
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivalar, definite plural festivalane)
- a festival
References
- “festival” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From French festival, ultimately from Latin f?st?v?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /f??.ti?val/
Noun
festival m (plural festivais)
- festival
Romanian
Etymology
From French festival.
Noun
festival n (plural festivaluri)
- festival
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
festìv?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- festival
Declension
See also
- praznik
Spanish
Noun
festival m (plural festivales)
- festival
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French festival.
Noun
festival (definite accusative festivali, plural festivaller)
- festival
Synonyms
- ?enlik
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