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-fest

-fest

See also: fest, Fest, and fêst

English

Suffix

-fest

  1. A festival, a fest; used in names of events.
    summer → Summerfest
    Yule → Yulefest
  2. (informal) Appended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent.
    snooze → snoozefest
    slug → slugfest
    action → actionfest
    joke → jokefest

Derived terms

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Etymology

From fest, from German Fest ‎(“festival”), abstracted from Volksfest, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-fɛst/

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