fête champêtre
an outdoor festival or a garden party.
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How to use fête champêtre in a sentence
We will imitate the fête champêtre of Charles and Catherine held on the isle of the Adour.
A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees | Edwin Asa DixThey were the very things, at least he thought so, for a picnic or fête champêtre, but he was not prepared to ride in them.
Barchester Towers | Anthony TrollopeCompare a fête champêtre of the good old style with the village festivals, so-called, of to-day.
The Simple Life | Charles WagnerIt was a huge, royal fête champêtre, in which the river Elbe seemed to run with champagne.
Francezka | Molly Elliot SeawellIt was absolutely a fête champêtre, but more brilliant and classic than Watteau ever can have seen.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah | William G. Burn Murdoch
British Dictionary definitions for fête champêtre
/ French (fɛt ʃɑ̃pɛtrə) /
a garden party, picnic, or similar outdoor entertainment
Also: fête galante (fɛt ɡalɑ̃t) arts
a genre of painting popular in France from the early 18th century, characterized by the depiction of figures in pastoral settings. Watteau was its most famous exponent
a painting in this genre
Origin of fête champêtre
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