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Meanings of fete in English

Portuguese
banquete

An elaborate party (often outdoors)

        banquete
        Portuguese
        festival
        Catalan
        festival

        An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)

              festival
              Portuguese
              celebrar
              Catalan
              complimentar
              Spanish
              festejar

              Have a celebration.

                    celebrar
                    Usage of fete in English
                    1
                    The race may be as good as over but the fete continues.
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    But they had their rivals in the gallant givers of the fete.
                    Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New ...
                    3
                    The salons were filled in a few moments, and the fete began.
                    The Marriage Contract
                    4
                    Why don't you just ask him about the fete when he arrives?
                    The notorious scoundrel
                    5
                    The principal apartments of the Tuileries's presented the appearance of a fete.
                    Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 06
                    6
                    I shall go willingly, as these ladies take part in the fete.
                    Catherine De Medici
                    7
                    They probably think Kyrgios is about as threatening as a village fete.
                    The Guardian
                    8
                    I will take you all after breakfast to the fete at Marly.
                    Yvette
                    9
                    At this fete we will take an eternal adieu of the past.
                    Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
                    10
                    As a whole, a village fete in Russia is a saddening spectacle.
                    Russia
                    11
                    I braai a few hundred boerewors rolls annually at the local fete.
                    The South African
                    12
                    Gordon knew what George Powhatan was trying to accomplish with this fete.
                    The Postman
                    13
                    A play, followed by a ballet-pantomime and a ball, terminated the fete.
                    Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volum...
                    14
                    Life was one giddy round of delights-thedejeuner fete, opera, and ball-room
                    Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life
                    15
                    There is to be a great fete in your mother's room to-day.
                    Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
                    16
                    It was a fete day and the wolves were singing and dancing.
                    The new yorker
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                    Translations for fete
                    Spanish
                    festejar
                    Fete through the time
                    Fete across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common