Fete vs Fele - What's the difference?
fete | fele |
A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
* 1991 , Treasure Hunting , Treasure Hunting Publications:
A feast, celebration or carnival.
(usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).
* 1992 , Today , News Group Newspapers Ltd:
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Greatly, much, very
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Much; many.
Many (of).
*, Book V:
*:And fele of thy footmen ar brought oute of lyff, and many worshypfull presoners ar yolden into oure handys.
As a noun fete
is a festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.As a verb fete
is to celebrate (a person).As an adverb fele is
greatly, much, very.As an adjective fele is
much; many.As a pronoun fele is
many (of).fete
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*Noun
(en noun)- The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds.
Verb
(fet)- Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.
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* English terms derived from French ----fele
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* (l)Adverb
- For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere.'' ? ''Hakluyts Voyages .
Adjective
(er)- Any maner of thynges desyryt..heraftyr may be had and ygrawnt by the fellyst of the sayd comynes.'' — dated 1456 from J.T. Gilbert, ''Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin , vol. 1 (1889)
