Definition of "fête" []

• A festival or feast. (noun)
• An elaborate, often outdoor entertainment. (noun)
• An elaborate party. (noun)
• To celebrate or honor with a festival, a feast, or an elaborate entertainment. (verb-transitive)
• To pay honor to. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Alain and Enguerrand were ushered up the grand staircase, lined with tiers of costly exotics as if for a fete; but in that and in all kinds of female luxury, the Duchesse lived in a state of _fete perpetuelle_."
• "The fete is Oscar-like, with a daunting line of photographers and smartphone-waving bloggers and fans."
• "In a “Spoonful of Poison” a village fete is wrecked by someone lacing the jam with LSD in a competition at the fete."