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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL [1 record]

Record 1 1985-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
DEF

a social gathering, usually under church auspices, at which strawberries are served.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
OBS

fête des roses.

OBS

L'anglais emploie son mot festival pour dire «jour de réjouissances, généralement périodique, en l'honneur d'une chose importante, particulièrement utile ou admirable». Ce jour, en français, est une fête.

OBS

Aujourd'hui, festival signifie «manifestation exceptionnelle ou périodique, ou ensemble de manifestations exceptionnelles ou périodiques consacrées à la musique ou à un autre art, ou à un artiste ou à un groupe d'artistes» (...)

Key term(s)
  • festival des fraises

Spanish

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