feast

Etymology 1
From, , borrowed from , from , from the plural of , from , ultimately from ; see also Ancient Greek. More at. ..

Noun

 * 1) A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
 * 2) Something delightful
 * 3) A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
 * 1) A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
 * 1) A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: feesmaal
 * Aghwan: 𐕌𐕞𐕡𐕇𐔴𐕎
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, مَأْدُبَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: uspets, uspetsu
 * Assamese: ভোজ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: пір, засто́лле
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: festí,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Chuukese: kametip
 * Czech:
 * Danish: festmåltid
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, syömingit, kestit,
 * French: ,
 * Middle French: feste
 * Friulian: fieste
 * Galician:, , ,
 * Georgian: სუფრა, სერი, ლხინი, ნადიმი
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃, 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ἑορτή, θοίνη, δαίς
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: piot
 * Irish: fleá, cóisir
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: той
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: fiesta, pranso
 * Lao: ງານລ້ຽງ, ຊຸມເຂົ້າ
 * Latin: epulum, daps, festum, convīvium
 * Lushootseed: sʔuʔəɬadəp, sʔəɬədalikʷ
 * Macedonian: гозба, пир
 * Malay: pesta, ,
 * Maltese: festa
 * Manchu: ᠰᠠᡵᡳᠨ
 * Maori: hākari, haukai, whakatihi, kaihaukai
 * Meru: kiatho
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norman: r'pas rouoya
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: etegilde
 * Old French: feste
 * Oromo: nyaachisa
 * Ottoman Turkish: طوی, ضیافت
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian:, ,
 * Pohnpeian: kamadipw
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Rapa Nui: koro, gogoro
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: féill, cuirm
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гозба, пир
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: pojedina
 * Spanish:, , , , , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:, зиёфат, базм
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: งานฉลอง
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Udi: мугин
 * Ukrainian:, пир, засті́лля
 * Urdu: دعوت, ضیافت
 * Uyghur: زىياپەت
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: tiệc lớn,
 * Welsh:
 * Yup'ik: nerevkarin


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , ,


 * Arabic:
 * Moroccan Arabic: عيد, حفلة
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἑορτή
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maltese: festa
 * Maranao: kakilang
 * Ottoman Turkish: بیرام
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:


 * Georgian:, ,

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from the noun. See above.

Verb

 * 1)  To partake in a feast, or large meal.
 * 2)  To dwell upon (something) with delight.
 * 3)  To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
 * 4)  To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
 * 5) * 1597–1598,, Virgidemiarum
 * "en"
 * 1)  To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
 * 2) * 1597–1598,, Virgidemiarum
 * "en"
 * "en"

- Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.

Derived terms

 * feast one’s eyes
 * feast one’s eyes
 * feast one’s eyes

Translations

 * French:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δαίνυμι
 * Latin: epulor
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θοινάω