en fête

/ ɑ̃ fɛt /

adverb

C19: literally: in festival

The whole town is en fete, the ships in the harbour decked with flags, the people adorned with flowers.

The village was en fete, and peasants lined the street leading to the church, ready with their hearty God-bless-you's.

It was Thanksgiving Day, and all the people of the Province were en fete.

And so it was, and all the island was en fete, and when Sheila came to Dyck's plantation the very earth seemed to rejoice.

Yet she was elegantly dressed and evidently en fete, with one or two "tricolor" knots and ribbons mingled with her finery.

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