German

Noun

Feste f ‎(genitive Feste, plural Festen)

1. stronghold (A type of fortified stronghold built in the late 19th century.)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Feste

1. plural of Fest

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeste/
• Hyphenation: fes‧te

Adverb

feste

1. festively

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstə/
• Homophones: Feste, Veste

Adjective

feste

1. strong feminine singular nominative form of fest.
2. strong feminine singular accusative form of fest.
3. strong plural nominative form of fest.
4. strong plural accusative form of fest.
5. weak masculine singular nominative form of fest.
6. weak feminine singular nominative form of fest.
7. weak feminine singular accusative form of fest.
8. weak neuter singular nominative form of fest.
9. weak neuter singular accusative form of fest.
10. mixed feminine singular nominative form of fest.
11. mixed feminine singular accusative form of fest.

Italian

Noun

feste f

1. plural of festa

Latin

Adjective

fēste

1. vocative masculine singular of fēstus

Middle English

Noun

feste

1. feast

Middle French

Etymology

Latin festa.

Noun

feste f (plural festes)

1. party, celebration
2. feast

Descendants

• French: fête

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse festa (sense 1), and from fest (sense 2)

Verb

feste ‎(imperative fest, present tense fester, passive festes, simple past and past participle festa or festet, present participle festende)

1. to attach, fix (fasten), or fasten
2. to celebrate, party, have a party

Derived terms

• fotfeste (of noun)
• korsfeste
• stadfeste

References

• “feste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

Latin festa.

Noun

feste f ‎(oblique plural festes, nominative singular feste, nominative plural festes)

1. party; celebration
2. feast
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et tuit li juene et li chenu
     A une feste sont venu[.]

     All all the young and the old
     Came to a feast.

Descendants

• Dutch: feest
• English: feast (borrowed)
• French: fête

Portuguese

Verb

feste

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of festar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of festar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of festar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of festar