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fête champêtre
[ fet shahn-pe-truh ]
noun
, French.
, plural fêtes cham·pê·tres [fet shah, n, -, pe, -t, r, uh].
- an outdoor festival or a garden party.
fête champêtre
/ fɛt ʃɑ̃pɛtrə /
noun
- a garden party, picnic, or similar outdoor entertainment
- Alsofête galantefɛt 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fête champêtre1
C18: from French, literally: country festival
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Example Sentences
At evening we were invited to a fete champetre on a fine lake some forty miles north of the city and 800 feet elevated above it.
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The Fete Champetre would fill volumes: by all accounts dull ones.
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