Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-fest

/-(ˌ)fɛst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: -fest
IPA: /-(ˌ)fɛst/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

A festival, a fest; used in names of events.

suffix

Appended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent.

Informal

Example Sentences

"summer + -fest → Summerfest"
"Yule + -fest → Yulefest"
"snooze + -fest → snoozefest"
"slug + -fest → slugfest"
"action + -fest → actionfest"
"joke + -fest → jokefest"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin festumder. Middle High German fëst German Festbor. English fest English -fest From fest, from German Fest (“festival”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Fest

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

-fests (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce -fest?: The recorded pronunciation is /-(ˌ)fɛst/.
What does -fest mean?: A festival, a fest; used in names of events.
Where does -fest come from?: It is traced to German.

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