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car·ni·val

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–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

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—Related forms

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

—Synonyms 2. fair, celebration, fete, holiday.

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car·ni·val Audio Help (kär'nə-vəl) Pronunciation Key
n.

often Carnival The period of merrymaking and feasting celebrated just before Lent.
A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows.
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 leg^wh- 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

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