banquet

CEFRC1

/ˈbæŋkwɪt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large formal meal held for a special occasion.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A ceremonial dinner party for many people.

Examples

  • I saw some of the guests leave the banquet room.

  • The banquet was in full swing.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbæŋkɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.

  2. A large celebratory meal; a feast.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To participate in a banquet; to feast.

More examples

In context

  • 1580, George Cavendish, quoted by John Stow (ed.), The Annales of England, Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, 1600 edition, “Henry the eight.,” p. 907, Then was the banquetting chamber in the...

  • 1800, Frederick Schiller, The Piccolomini, or the First Part of Wallenstein, translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: Longman & Rees, Act I, scene i, p. 2, Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there.

  • True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant, And in his commendations I am fed; / It is a banquet to me.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.