pageant

English

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Alternative forms

• pageaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pagina. late 14c., "play in a cycle of mystery plays," perhaps from Latin pagina (“page of a book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpædʒɨnt̚/, /ˈpædʒənt/

Noun

pageant (plural pageants)

1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
2. A spectacular ceremony.
3. A beauty pageant.

Synonyms

• (elaborate public display): spectacle
• (beauty pageant): beauty pageant

Derived terms

• pageantry
• beauty pageant

Translations

public display

• French: cortège (fr) m
• Japanese: 野外劇 (ja) (やがいげき, yagaigeki)

• Spanish: muestra (es) f

spectacular ceremony

• French: spectacle (fr) m

• Spanish: espectáculo (es)

beauty pageant — see beauty pageant

Verb

pageant (third-person singular simple present pageants, present participle pageanting, simple past and past participle pageanted)

1. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
   • Shakespeare

     He pageants us.