fête.
winter holidays (always in plural)
Meaning & usage
winter holidays (always in plural)
Tu fais quoi pour les fêtes (de fin d'année)?
party
Je fais une fête chez moi ce soir!
name day
Le 18 mai, c'est la fête des Éric.
birthday
Bonne fête!
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin fēsta Late Latin fēsta Old French feste Middle French feste French fête Inherited from Middle French feste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.
inflection of fêter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of fêter: second-person singular imperative
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