fête champêtre

[ fet shahn-pe-truh ]

/ fɛt ʃɑ̃ˈpɛ trə /

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noun, plural fêtes cham·pê·tres

[fet shahn-pe-truh]. /fɛt ʃɑ̃ˈpɛ trə/. French.

an outdoor festival or a garden party.

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fetched, fetcher, fetching, fetch up, fete, fête champêtre, feted, fete day, fête galante, feterita, feti-

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How to use fête champêtre in a sentence

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.
A Summer's Outing|Carter H. Harrison
The Fete Champetre would fill volumes: by all accounts dull ones.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon

British Dictionary definitions for fête champêtre

fête champêtre

/ French (fɛt ʃɑ̃pɛtrə) /

noun plural fêtes champêtres (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

Word Origin for fête champêtre

C18: from French, literally: country festival

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