feeste

Afrikaans

Noun

feeste

  1. plural of fees

Dutch

Verb

feeste

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of feesten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French feste, from Latin fēsta.

Noun

fêeste f

  1. feast, holiday
  2. happiness, amusement
  3. loud show of joy, noise, commotion

Inflection

Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative fêeste fêesten
accusative fêeste fêesten
genitive fêeste, fêesten fêesten
dative fêeste, fêesten fêesten

Descendants

  • Dutch: feest
    • Afrikaans: fees
    • Negerhollands: feesa
    • → Dutch Low Saxon: feest
    • → Javanese: fés
    • → Sranan Tongo: fesa
      • → Caribbean Javanese: fés
    • → West Frisian: feestje (diminutive form)
  • Limburgish: fieës
  • West Flemish: fjiste

Further reading

  • “feeste”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “feeste”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa < Latin festum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛːste/

Noun

feeste (plural feestes)

  1. feast

Descendants

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