carnival

English

/ˈkæɹnɪvəl/

noun
Definitions
  • Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
  • A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
  • (US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.

Etymology

Derived from French carnaval (carnival) derived from Italian carnevale (carnival) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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