banquet
A large celebratory mealA large celebratory meal; a feast.
Meaning
3 sensesA large celebratory meal; a feast.
Festmahl, Bankett, Gastmahl
банке́тbankét, пирpir, пи́ршествоpíršestvo
банке́тbankét, пирpyr, бенке́тbenkét
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
(archaic)A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
Examples
52 sentencesI wasn't invited to the banquet.
Мене на банкет не запросили. — deniko
Tom wasn't invited to the banquet.
deTom war zum Festmahl nicht eingeladen. — raggione
Tom was unable to attend the banquet.
ruТом не смог присутствовать на банкете. — marafon
Tom won't be able to attend the banquet.
ruТом не сможет прийти на банкет. — marafon
There's a banquet I have to go to tonight.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repFrom Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.
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