fete

🇺🇸 /feɪt/ 🇬🇧 /feɪt/
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noun
R

A festive event with games, food, and prizes, often to raise money for a cause.

The school held a festive fete with lots of fun activities.

R

A celebration to honor or commemorate something.

The charity organized a gala fete to raise funds for the cause.

verb
R

To publicly honor or celebrate someone.

The community feted the returning war heroes with a grand parade.

translation

n. A festive event with games, food, and prizes, often to raise money for a cause.; A celebration to honor or commemorate something.
v. To publicly honor or celebrate someone.

Word Forms

3rd Present fetes
Past feted
Perfect feted
Progressive feting
Plural fetes