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car⋅ni⋅val
[kahr-nuh-vuh
l] 
–noun
| 1. | a traveling amusement show, having sideshows, rides, etc. |
| 2. | any merrymaking, revelry, or festival, as a program of sports or entertainment: a winter carnival. |
| 3. | the season immediately preceding Lent, often observed with merrymaking; Shrovetide. |
Origin:
1540–50; < It carnevale, OIt carnelevare taking meat away, equiv. to carne flesh (< L carnem, acc. of caro) + levare < L levāre to lift
1540–50; < It carnevale, OIt carnelevare taking meat away, equiv. to carne flesh (< L carnem, acc. of caro) + levare < L levāre to lift
Related forms:
car⋅ni⋅val⋅esque, car⋅ni⋅val⋅like, adjective
Synonyms:
2. fair, celebration, fete, holiday.
2. fair, celebration, fete, holiday.
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| car·ni·val (kär'nə-vəl) n.
[Italian carnevale, from Old Italian carnelevare, Shrovetide : carne, meat (from Latin carō, carn-; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots) + levare, to remove (from Latin levāre, to raise; see legwh- in Indo-European roots).] |
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Carnival
Car"ni*val\, n. [It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light.]1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. --Addison. 2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. --Tennyson. He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival --Byron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : carnival
Spanish:
carnaval,
German:
der Karneval, Fasching,
Japanese:
謝肉祭
carnival
1549, "time of merrymaking before Lent," from It. carnevale "Shrove Tuesday," from older It. forms like Milanese *carnelevale, O.Pisan carnelevare "to remove meat," lit. "raising flesh," from L. caro "flesh" + levare "lighten, raise;" folk etymology is from M.L. carne vale " 'flesh, farewell.' " Meaning "a circus or fair" is 1931, N.Amer., as is the short form carny for "one who works at a carnival."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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