-fest

From fest, from German Fest (“festival”).

• IPA^(key): /-(ˌ)fɛst/

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-fest (noun-forming suffix, plural -fests)

1. A festival, a fest; used in names of events.

   ‎summer + ‎-fest → ‎Summerfest

   ‎Yule + ‎-fest → ‎Yulefest

2. (informal) Appended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent.

   ‎snooze + ‎-fest → ‎snoozefest

   ‎slug + ‎-fest → ‎slugfest

   ‎action + ‎-fest → ‎actionfest

   ‎joke + ‎-fest → ‎jokefest

• efts, FETs, Stef, fets, FTSE, FTEs, SETF, tefs, ETFs

From Old Norse festr f (“rope, cord”), whence also fester (“rope to moor boats with”).

-fest f

1. place to moor boats

• Agnefest
• Hamarfest, Hammerfest
• Sygnefest