CARNIVAL


Meaning of CARNIVAL in English

/ ˈkɑːnɪvl; NAmE ˈkɑːrn-/ noun

1.

[ C , U ] a public festival, usually one that happens at a regular time each year, that involves music and dancing in the streets, for which people wear brightly coloured clothes :

There is a local carnival every year.

the carnival in Rio

a carnival atmosphere

2.

[ C ] ( NAmE ) = fair noun (1)

3.

[ C ] ( NAmE ) = fête

4.

[ sing. ] carnival of sth ( formal ) an exciting or brightly coloured mixture of things :

this summer's carnival of sport

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from Italian carnevale , carnovale , from medieval Latin carnelevamen , carnelevarium Shrovetide, from Latin caro , carn- flesh + levare put away.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.