I. noun
or fête ˈfāt, usu -ād.+V
( -s )
Etymology: French fête, from Middle French feste, from Old French — more at feast
: a festive celebration or entertainment : festival
the fete of the Assumption of the Virgin in Paris
the village fetes go on, as English as a cowslip — C.G.Glover
Class Day, the great fete of the year — Catherine D. Bowen
specifically : an often outdoor entertainment on a lavish scale
fetes in the park of the Château of Versailles with sky, water, and sylvan illuminations and amplified music and discourses — Janet Flanner
II. transitive verb
or fête “
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: French fêter, from Middle French fester, from Old French, from feste, n.
: to honor (a person) or commemorate (an event) with a fete
feted the royal visitors with banquets and parades
: entertain
when the circus came to town … he would welcome the train in the railway yards, fete the performers — Green Peyton
: celebrate
feted his recovery with ice cream and cake
literary weeklies here all feted her with photographs of herself and with the compliments of others — New Yorker
: extol
Sade has been feted as a great thinker — François Bondy