carnival

See also: Carnival

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carnival

From French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, either from the Latin phrase carnem levāre ("to put away meat") or conversely from the Latin word carnealis ("meaty").

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹnɪvəl/, /kɑɹnəˈvɑl/ (referring to specific festivals in various countries)

carnival (plural carnivals)

Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
Carnival of Brazil

Venice Carnival
A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
  Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
(US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
We all got to ride the merry-go-round when they brought their carnival to town.

When the carnival came to town, every one wanted some cotton candy.

Derived terms

festival held just before the beginning of Lent

festive occasion marked by parades

Arabic: كَرْنَفَال‎ m (karnafāl)
Asturian: antroxu (ast) m
Basque: inauteria
Belarusian: карнава́л m (karnavál)
Bengali: কার্নিভাল (karnibhal)
Bulgarian: карнава́л m (karnavál)
Catalan: carnestoltes m, carnaval (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᎾᏛᏁᎵᏍᎬ (anadvnelisgv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 狂歡節 (zh), 狂欢节 (zh) (kuánghuānjié), 嘉年華會 (zh), 嘉年华会 (zh) (jiāniánhuá huì)
Czech: karneval (cs) m
Danish: karneval
Dutch: carnaval (nl)
Estonian: karneval
Finnish: juhlat (fi) pl, karnevaali (fi)
French: carnaval (fr) m
Galician: entroido (gl)
Georgian: ყეენობა (q̇eenoba), კარნავალი (ḳarnavali)
German: Karneval (de) m, Fasching (de) m, Fastnacht (de) f
Greek: καρναβάλι (el) (karnaváli)
Hebrew: קרנבל‎ m
Hindi: कार्निवल (kārnival)
Hungarian: karnevál (hu), farsang (hu)
Italian: carnevale (it) m

Japanese: カーニバル (ja) (kānibaru), 謝肉祭 (ja) (しゃにくさい, shanikusai)
Korean: 사육제 (ko) (sayukje)
Latvian: karnevāls m
Lithuanian: karnavalas m
Macedonian: карневал m (karneval)
Maltese: karnival m
Maori: hui taurima, taiopenga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: karneval (no) n

Nynorsk: karneval n
Persian: کارناوال‎ (fa) (kârnâvâl), کارنوال‎ (kârnevâl)
Polish: karnawał (pl) m
Portuguese: carnaval (pt) m
Russian: карнава́л (ru) m (karnavál)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: карневал m, покладе pl

Roman: karneval (sh) m, poklade (sh) pl
Slovak: karneval m
Spanish: carnaval (es) m
Tagalog: karnabal
Telugu: జాతర (te) (jātara)
Turkish: karnaval (tr)
Ukrainian: карнава́л m (karnavál)
Vietnamese: hội hóa trang, hội trá hình, các-na-van

traveling amusement park