carnival
See also: Carnival
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French carnaval, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian carnevale, either from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin phrase carnem levāre ("to put away meat") or conversely from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin word carnualis ("meaty").
Pronunciation
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Noun
carnival (plural carnivals)
- Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
- 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
Translations
festival held just before the beginning of Lent
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festive occasion marked by parades
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traveling amusement park
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See also
- mardi gras
- Mardi Gras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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