different between fess vs fest

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/

• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

From confess, by shortening.

Verb

fess (third-person singular simple present fesses, present participle fessing, simple past and past participle fessed)

1. To confess; to admit.

Derived terms

• fess up

Etymology 2

From Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Doublet of fascia.

Alternative forms

• fesse

Noun

fess (plural fesses)

1. (heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
   • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor’, Norton 2005 p.294:

     Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.

   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 420:

     The space where the arms of Wolsey used to be is being repainted with his own newly granted arms: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.

Translations

Etymology 3

Adjective

fess

1. (British dialect) Proud; conceited.
2. (British dialect) Lively; active; strong.
3. (British dialect) Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.

Anagrams

• FSes

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f???]
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Viennese German fesch (“smart, stylish”), from English fashionable.

Adjective

fess (comparative fessebb, superlative legfessebb)

1. (colloquial, dated) smart, stylish, chic

Declension

Etymology 2

fest +? -j

Verb

fess

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fest

References

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French fesse

Noun

fess

1. bottom, buttock, arse

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Named after the city of Fez, Morocco.

Noun

fess m (definite singular fessen, indefinite plural fessar, definite plural fessane)

2. fez

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Fess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

fess m (definite singular fessen, indefinite plural fessar, definite plural fessane)

2. (music) F-flat

Derived terms

• fess-dur m
• fess-moll m

References

• “fess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Verb

·fess

1. passive singular perfect prototonic of ro·finnadar

Mutation

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French fesse

Noun

fess

1. bottom, buttock, arse

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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): /f?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• 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

• -fest

Related terms

• festschrift

Translations

Anagrams

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

Czech

Etymology

From German fest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?st]

Noun

fest m anim

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

Declension

Adverb

fest (comparative více fest, superlative nejvíce fest)

1. (informal) firmly, tightly

2. (informal) much

Derived terms

• na fest

Further reading

• fest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• fest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest, from Latin f?stum (“holiday, festival, banquet, feast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?st/, [f?sd?]

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Adjective

fest (comparative fester, superlative am festesten)

1. firm; compact; hard
2. firm; fixed; rigid
3. firm; steadfast

Declension

Derived terms

• Festnetz

See also

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

Further reading

• “fest” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

[after 1372] Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pë??- (“color; to color, paint”) + -t (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f??t]
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

fest

1. (transitive) to paint

   Coordinate term: mázol

2. (transitive) to dye
3. (intransitive) to look in some way

   Synonyms: kinéz, látszik, t?nik

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/-?/-jú/-j?) 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 b?zlik (“to stink, to reek”).

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

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, derived from fast.

Noun

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

1. an betrothal
2. a rope

Derived terms

In the sense of an engagement to marry:

Related terms

• festa, feste (verb)
• feste n

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. imperative of festa and feste
2. supine of festa and feste

Etymology 4

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

Verb

fest

1. imperative of festa and feste

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

Etymology

From German fest, from Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?st/

Adjective

fest (not comparable)

1. (Upper Silesia or colloquial) perky, robust, vigorous

   Synonyms: dziarski, krzepki, silny

Declension

Indeclinable.

Adverb

fest (not comparable)

1. (Upper Silesia or colloquial) firmly, strongly

   Synonyms: bardzo, mocno, porz?dnie

Noun

fest m inan

1. (archaic) celebration, ceremony, function

   Synonyms: ?wi?to, uroczysto??

Declension

Derived terms

• (adverb) na fest

Further reading

• fest in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• fest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• fejst

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Adverb

fest (Cyrillic spelling ????)

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

Synonyms

• jako, ?vrsto, intenzivno

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin festum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s?t/
• Homophone: fäst

Noun

fest c

1. party, celebration

Declension

Derived terms

• festa

Yola

Noun

fest

1. Alternative form of hist