fête champêtre
Americannoun
noun
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a garden party, picnic, or similar outdoor entertainment
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Also: fête galante. arts
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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
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a painting in this genre
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Etymology
Origin of fête champêtre
C18: from French, literally: country festival
Example Sentences
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It swelled to 100 guests and was followed by two dinners and a fête champêtre in England.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2013
Sir W. Very pretty, my dear: and I am glad there are to be tents, otherwise a fête champêtre in the month of March would give me the rheumatism even to think of.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 08 by Edgeworth, Maria
Thus ended the fête champêtre which had been anticipated so fondly as a new departure in the social world of Gloster.
From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
In 1778, we find in the old Quebec Gazette, a grand fête champêtre, given by Lady Maria Carleton and her gallant partner Sir Guy, at the Red House, a fashionable rustic Hostelry, kept by Alex.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
If I could have spent my fifty dollars in verbs, in taking a journey, in giving a fête champêtre!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various
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