kermesse
English
Noun
kermesse (plural kermesses)
- Alternative form of kirmess
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for kermesse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Remkeses
French
Etymology
From Dutch kermis, a bastardization of kerk (“church”) + mis (“mass”). Compare German Kirmes (“church mass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛʁ.mɛs/
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Noun
kermesse f (plural kermesses)
- fête
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- dans les parcs et les stades, on chantait, on dansait, on riait, on organisait de grandes kermesses tonitruantes.
- In the parks and stadiums, we sang, we danced, we laughed, we organised raucous fêtes.
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Descendants
- → Italian: kermesse
- → Portuguese: quermesse
- → Spanish: kermés
- → Romanian: chermeză
- → Turkish: kermes
Further reading
- “kermesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From French kermesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kerˈmɛs/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
kermesse f (invariable)
- kermis
- social event, gathering, meeting, gala
References
- kermesse in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
Noun
kermesse f (plural kermesses)
- Obsolete form of quermesse.