banquet

n.

1. An elaborate, sumptuous repast.
2. A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion.

tr. & intr.v., -quet·ed, -quet·ing, -quets.

To honor at or partake of a banquet.

[Old French, diminutive of banc, bench. See bank³.]

banqueter ban'quet·er n.

WORD HISTORY   The linguistic stock of the word banquet has been fluctuating for a long time. The Old French word banquet, the likely source of our word, is derived from Old French banc, "bench," ultimately of Germanic origin. The sense development in Old French seems to have been from "little bench" to "meal taken on the family workbench" to "feast." The English word banquet is first recorded in a work possibly composed before 1475 with reference to a feast held by the god Apollo, and it appears to have been used from the 15th to the 18th century to refer to the feasts of the powerful and the wealthy. Perhaps this association led a 19th-century newspaper editor to label the word "grandiloquent" because it was being appropriated by those lower down on the social scale.

noun

A large meal elaborately prepared or served: feast, junket. Informal feed, spread. See ingestion.

n

Definition: dinner
Antonyms: light meal, snack

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banquette

1. Narrow footpath beside an aqueduct or road.

2. Raised stand-ing-place or platform behind a rampart.

3. Window-seat or long seat against a wall or recessed into it.

IN BRIEF: A formal dinner or feast for many people.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. — Aesop (620-560 B.C.)

Tutor's tip: At the "banquet" (sumptuous meal), some sat on a "banquette" (bench) at the end of the table.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - festmiddag, banket, festmåltid
v. tr. - beværte, give festmiddag for
v. intr. - holde banket, holde festmåltid

Nederlands (Dutch)
banket, gastmaal

Français (French)
n. - banquet, festin
v. tr. - offrir un banquet à, offrir un festin à, régaler
v. intr. - faire un banquet, festoyer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bankett
v. - ein Festessen veranstalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνεστίαση, συμπόσιο
v. - συνευωχούμαι, συνδειπνώ, παραθέτω δείπνο

Italiano (Italian)
banchetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - banquete (m)
v. - banquetear-se, dar um banquete

Русский (Russian)
банкет

Español (Spanish)
n. - banquete
v. tr. - homenajear
v. intr. - formar parte de un banquete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bankett, festmåltid, kalas
v. - kalasa, festa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
宴会, 盛宴, 宴请, 款待, 设宴款待, 参加宴会

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 宴會, 盛宴, 宴請, 款待
v. tr. - 宴請, 設宴款待
v. intr. - 參加宴會

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연회
v. tr. - ~을 대접하다
v. intr. - 진수 성찬을 대접 받다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宴会, ごちそう
v. - 宴会に列席する, 宴に列する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حفله فخمه, وليمه (فعل) أولم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסיבה, סעודה, משתה‬
v. tr. - ‮ערך מסיבה ל-‬
v. intr. - ‮הסב‬

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