-festa suffix indicating a period of festive or enthusiastic activity in the thing named, as in lovefest, musicfest, talkfest.
[US (1860s), from German fest festival]-fest
combining form
- in nouns denoting a festival or large gathering of a specified kind［用于名词］表示“…节”, “…大型聚会”：
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a media-fest
a jazz-fest.
词源
from German Fest 'festival'.
-fest
word-forming element in colloquial compounds (hen-fest, gabfest, etc.), from 1889, American English, borrowed from German Fest "festival," abstracted from Volksfest, etc., from Middle High German vëst, from Latin festum (see festivity).
-fest
combining form. meeting, occasion, contest, or game, characterized by _____, as in songfest, slugfest, talkfest.
[< German Fest]
-fest
\ˌfest\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: German fest festival, holiday, from Middle High German vest, from Latin festum, from neuter of festus solemn, festal — more at feast
1. : festive gathering especially for competition
< shootingfest >
< turnerfest >
< songfest >
2. : session often informal or spontaneous
< gabfest >
: outburst of activity
< slugfest >
1.
< shootingfest >
< turnerfest >
< songfest >
2.
< gabfest >
: outburst of activity
< slugfest >
-fest
Suffix
- A festival, a fest; used in names of events.
- summer → Summerfest
- Yule → Yulefest
- informal Appended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent.
- snooze → snoozefest
- slug → slugfest
- action → actionfest
- joke → jokefest
Etymology
From fest, from German Fest (“festival”), abstracted from Volksfest, etc.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -fest