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car·ni·val    Audio Help   [kahr-nuh-vuhl] Pronunciation Key
–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]

car·ni·val·esque, car·ni·val·like, adjective

2. fair, celebration, fete, holiday.
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car·ni·val    Audio Help   (kär'nə-vəl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. often Carnival The period of merrymaking and feasting celebrated just before Lent.
  2. A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows.
  3. A festival or revel: winter carnival.


[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 
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."

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carnival

noun
1. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions 
2. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere" [syn: circus
3. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. 

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carnival [ˈkaːnivəl] noun
a public entertainment, often involving processions of people in fancy dress etc
Example: a winter carnival
Arabic: كَرنفال: احْتِفال مَسيرات عُمومي
Chinese (Simplified): 狂欢节
Chinese (Traditional): 狂歡節
Czech: karneval
Danish: karneval
Dutch: carnaval
Estonian: karneval
Finnish: karnevaali
French: carnaval
German: der Karneval, Fasching
Greek: καρναβάλι
Hungarian: karnevál
Icelandic: kjötkveðjuhátíð, karnival
Indonesian: karnaval
Italian: carnevale
Japanese: 謝肉祭
Korean: 카니발
Latvian: karnevāls
Lithuanian: karnavalas
Norwegian: karneval
Polish: karnawał
Portuguese (Brazil): carnaval
Portuguese (Portugal): carnaval
Romanian: carnaval
Russian: карнавал
Slovak: karneval
Slovenian: karneval
Spanish: carnaval
Swedish: karneval
Turkish: karnaval
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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