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A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 13:6:
  The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:41:
  Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
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A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
Synonym: banquet

We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.Category:English terms with usage examples#FEAST
Something delightful
It was a feast for the eyes.Category:English terms with usage examples#FEAST

Translations

large, often ceremonial meal

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Afrikaans: feesmaalCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#FEAST
Aghwan: 𐕌𐕞𐕡𐕇𐔴𐕎 (müwx̣en)Category:Terms with Aghwan translations#FEAST
Albanian: gosti (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#FEAST
Arabic: وَلِيمَة (ar) f (walīma)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#FEAST, مَأْدُبَة f (maʔduba)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#FEAST
Armenian: խնջույք (hy) (xnǰuykʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#FEAST, քեֆ (hy) (kʻef)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#FEAST
Aromanian: uspets nCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#FEAST, uspetsuCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#FEAST
Assamese: ভোজ (bhüz)Category:Terms with Assamese translations#FEAST
Azerbaijani: ziyafət (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FEAST
Belarusian: пір m (pir)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#FEAST, засто́лле n (zastóllje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#FEAST
Bengali: ভোজ (bn) (bhōj)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#FEAST
Bhojpuri: भोज (bhōj)Category:Terms with Bhojpuri translations#FEAST
Bulgarian: пир (bg) m (pir)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FEAST, пи́ршество (bg) n (píršestvo)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FEAST, угощение (bg) n (ugoštenie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FEAST
Burmese: စားပွဲ (my) (ca:pwai:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#FEAST
Catalan: festí mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#FEAST, banquet (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#FEAST
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盛宴 (zh) (shèngyàn)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#FEAST, 筵席 (zh) (yánxí)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#FEAST, 宴會 / 宴会 (zh) (yànhuì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#FEAST
Chuukese: kametipCategory:Terms with Chuukese translations#FEAST
Czech: hostina (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#FEAST
Danish: festmåltid nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#FEAST
Dutch: feestmaaltijd (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#FEAST
Esperanto: festeno (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#FEAST
Finnish: pidot (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#FEAST, syömingit plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#FEAST, kestit (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#FEAST, juhlat (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#FEAST
French: festin (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#FEAST, banquet (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#FEAST
Middle French: feste fCategory:Terms with Middle French translations#FEAST

Old French: feste fCategory:Terms with Old French translations#FEAST
Friulian: fieste fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#FEAST
Galician: gallofa fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FEAST, convite mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FEAST, banquete (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FEAST, corme mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FEAST
Georgian: სუფრა (ka) (supra)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FEAST, სერი (ka) (seri)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FEAST, ლხინი (lxini)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FEAST, ნადიმი (nadimi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FEAST
German: Festmahl (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#FEAST, Festessen (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#FEAST, Gastmahl (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#FEAST
Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (dauhts)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#FEAST, 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 f (dulþs)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#FEAST
Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#FEAST, πανηγύρι (el) n (panigýri)Category:Terms with Greek translations#FEAST, ευωχία (el) f (evochía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#FEAST
Ancient Greek: ἑορτή f (heortḗ)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FEAST, θοίνη f (thoínē)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FEAST, δαίς f (daís)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FEAST
Hebrew: אֲרוּחָה (he) f (arukhá)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#FEAST, סְעוּדָה (he) f (seudá)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#FEAST (formally, literally)
Hindi: भोज (hi) m (bhoj)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#FEAST, दावत (hi) f (dāvat)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#FEAST
Hungarian: lakoma (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#FEAST
Icelandic: veisla (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#FEAST
Indonesian: pesta (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#FEAST
Ingrian: pitoCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#FEAST
Irish: fleá fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FEAST, cóisir fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FEAST
Italian: festa (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#FEAST, banchetto (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#FEAST
Japanese: 饗宴 (ja) (きょうえん, kyōen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#FEAST, 祝宴 (ja) (しゅくえん, shukuen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#FEAST, ごちそう (ja) (gochisō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#FEAST (treat)
Kazakh: той (toi)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#FEAST
Khmer: បណីតាហារ (km) (paʼnəytaahaa)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#FEAST
Korean: 연회(宴會) (ko) (yeonhoe)Category:Terms with Korean translations#FEAST
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ziyafet (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#FEAST, çeşn (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#FEAST, bezm (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#FEAST
Kyrgyz: той (ky) (toy)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#FEAST
Ladino: fiesta fCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#FEAST, pranso mCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#FEAST
Lao: ງານລ້ຽງ (ngān līang)Category:Terms with Lao translations#FEAST, ຊຸມເຂົ້າ (sum khao)Category:Terms with Lao translations#FEAST
Latin: epulum nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FEAST, daps fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FEAST, festum nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FEAST, convīvium nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FEAST
Lushootseed: sʔuʔəɬadəpCategory:Terms with Lushootseed translations#FEAST, sʔəɬədalikʷCategory:Terms with Lushootseed translations#FEAST
Macedonian: гозба f (gozba)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#FEAST, пир m (pir)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#FEAST
Malay: pestaCategory:Terms with Malay translations#FEAST, jamuan (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#FEAST, kenduri (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#FEAST
Maltese: festaCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#FEAST
Manchu: ᠰᠠᡵᡳᠨ (sarin)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#FEAST
Māori: hākariCategory:Terms with Māori translations#FEAST, haukaiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#FEAST, whakatihiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#FEAST, kaihaukaiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#FEAST
Meru: kiathoCategory:Terms with Meru translations#FEAST
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: найр (mn) (najr)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#FEAST
Norman: r'pas rouoya mCategory:Terms with Norman translations#FEAST
Norwegian:
Bokmål: etegilde nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#FEAST
Oromo: nyaachisaCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#FEAST
Pashto: بزم (ps) m (bazm)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#FEAST, جشن (ps) m (ǰašᶕn)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#FEAST
Persian: جشن (fa) (jašn)Category:Terms with Persian translations#FEAST, ضیافت (fa) (ziyâfat)Category:Terms with Persian translations#FEAST, بزم (fa) (bazm)Category:Terms with Persian translations#FEAST
Pohnpeian: kamadipwCategory:Terms with Pohnpeian translations#FEAST
Polish: uczta (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#FEAST, biesiada (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#FEAST
Portuguese: banquete (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#FEAST
Rapa Nui: koroCategory:Terms with Rapa Nui translations#FEAST, ŋoŋoroCategory:Terms with Rapa Nui translations#FEAST
Romanian: banchet (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#FEAST, festin (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#FEAST, ospăț (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#FEAST, zaiafet (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#FEAST
Russian: пир (ru) m (pir)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FEAST, пи́ршество (ru) n (píršestvo)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FEAST, банке́т (ru) m (bankét)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FEAST, засто́лье (ru) n (zastólʹje)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FEAST
Sanskrit: प्सरस् (sa) n (psaras)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#FEAST
Scottish Gaelic: féill fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#FEAST, cuirm fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#FEAST
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гозба fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FEAST, пир mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FEAST

Latin: gozba (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FEAST, pir (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FEAST
Slovak: hostina (sk) fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#FEAST
Slovene: pojedina fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#FEAST
Spanish: festín (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, comilona (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, ágape (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, banquete (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, convite (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, comelona (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, comilitona fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, almorzada (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, hartadera fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, tragantona (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, troleada (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST, calderada (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST (colloquial)
Swahili: karamu (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#FEAST
Swedish: fest (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#FEAST, festmåltid (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#FEAST
Tajik: ҷашн (tg) (jašn)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#FEAST, зиёфат (ziyofat)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#FEAST, базм (bazm)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#FEAST
Tamil: விருந்து (ta) (viruntu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#FEAST
Telugu: విందు (te) (vindu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#FEAST
Thai: งานฉลอง (ngaan-chà-lɔ̌ɔng)Category:Terms with Thai translations#FEAST
Turkish: şölen (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FEAST, toy (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FEAST, ziyafet (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FEAST
Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy, doy)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#FEAST, ضیافت (ziyafet)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#FEAST
Udi: мугин (mugin)Category:Terms with Udi translations#FEAST
Ukrainian: бенке́т (uk) m (benkét)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FEAST, пир m (pyr)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FEAST, засті́лля n (zastíllja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FEAST
Urdu: دعوت f (da'vat)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#FEAST, ضیافت f (ziyāfat)Category:Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#FEAST Category:Terms with Urdu translations#FEAST
Uyghur: زىياپەت (ziyapet)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#FEAST
Uzbek: bazm (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#FEAST, ziyofat (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#FEAST, toʻy (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#FEAST
Vietnamese: tiệc lớnCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#FEAST, yến tiệc (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#FEAST
Welsh: gŵyl (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#FEAST
Yup'ik: nerevkarinCategory:Terms with Yup'ik translations#FEAST

something delightful

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festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary

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Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: عيد m (ʕīd)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#FEAST, حفلة f (ḥafla)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#FEAST
Catalan: festa (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#FEAST
Dutch: feest (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#FEAST
Esperanto: festeno (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#FEAST
Finnish: juhla (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FEAST
French: fête (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#FEAST
Galician: festa (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#FEAST
German: Fest (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#FEAST
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἑορτή f (heortḗ)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FEAST
Hungarian: ünnep (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#FEAST, ünnepség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#FEAST
Italian: festa (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#FEAST
Japanese: 祭り (ja) (matsuri)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#FEAST
Maltese: festa fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#FEAST
Maranao: kakilangCategory:Terms with Maranao translations#FEAST
Portuguese: festa (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#FEAST
Spanish: fiesta (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST
Swahili: sikukuu (sw) class 9/10Category:Terms with Swahili translations#FEAST
Tamil: பண்டிகை (ta) (paṇṭikai)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#FEAST
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: بیرام (bayram)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#FEAST (religious feast)
Vietnamese: tiệc (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#FEAST
Walloon: fiesse (wa) fCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#FEAST

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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ზადიკი (zadiḳi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FEAST Category:Requests for review of Georgian translations#FEAST, ^{(please verify)} ქეიფი (keipi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FEAST Category:Requests for review of Georgian translations#FEAST, ^{(please verify)} მეჯლისი (meǯlisi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FEAST Category:Requests for review of Georgian translations#FEAST
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} tang'arbèCategory:Terms with Woiwurrung translations#FEAST Category:Requests for review of Woiwurrung translations#FEAST

Etymology 2

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#FEAST Category:English terms derived from Middle English#FEAST feesten, festen, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#FEAST fester, from Medieval Latin Category:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#FEAST festāre, from the noun. See above.

Verb

feast (third-person singular simple present feasts, present participle feasting, simple past and past participle feasted)Category:English lemmas#FEAST Category:English verbs#FEAST Category:English entries with incorrect language header#FEAST Category:Pages with entries#FEAST Category:Pages with 1 entry#FEAST

(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#FEAST) To partake in a feast, or large meal.
I feasted on turkey and dumplings.Category:English terms with usage examples#FEAST
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#FEAST) To dwell upon (something) with delight.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 47”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
  With my love's picture then my eye doth feast.
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#FEAST) To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
  He that shall see this day, and live old age,
  Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors
  And say “Tomorrow is Saint Crispian.”
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- 1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume II (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
  His ancestor, he said, had been feasted there, when he went forward with the then Lord Ravenswood to the fatal battle of Flodden, in which they both fell.
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We feasted them after the victory.Category:English terms with usage examples#FEAST
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#FEAST, obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#FEAST) To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
- 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum
  Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.Category:English terms with quotations#FEAST

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Translations

to partake in a feast

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Bhojpuri: जीमल (jīmal)Category:Terms with Bhojpuri translations#FEAST
Esperanto: festeniCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#FEAST
French: festoyer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#FEAST
German: schlemmen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FEAST
Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dulþjan)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#FEAST
Greek:
Ancient Greek: δαίνυμαι (daínumai)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FEAST
Hindi: जीमना (hi) (jīmnā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#FEAST
Latin: epulorCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FEAST
Polish: ucztować (pl) impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#FEAST
Portuguese: fartar-seCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#FEAST
Russian: пировать (ru) impf (pirovatʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FEAST
Spanish: banquetearse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST
Swedish: kalasa (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#FEAST
Welsh: gwledda (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#FEAST

to hold a feast in honor of someone

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Greek:
Ancient Greek: θοινάω (thoináō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FEAST
Spanish: banquetear (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FEAST
Tamil: விருந்துவை (viruntuvai)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#FEAST, விருந்திடு (viruntiṭu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#FEAST

Anagrams

Fates, fetas, Festa, TAFEs, feats, festa, fates, atefs

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