feest

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːst/ Hyphenation: feest Rhymes: -eːst === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch fêeste, from Old French feste, from Latin fēstum. ==== Noun ==== feest n (plural feesten, diminutive feestje n) party feast celebration ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: fees Negerhollands: feesa → Dutch Low Saxon: feest → Javanese: fés → Sranan Tongo: fesa → Caribbean Javanese: fés → West Frisian: feestje (diminutive form) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== feest inflection of feesten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative