trouble-fête

French

noun

Definitions

spoilsport

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French trouble-feste inherited from Old French troblefeste affix from French troubler (disturb) + French fête (party).

Origin

French

fête

Gloss

party

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

fete English
fête English
trouble English
turbāre Latin
Fete German
troebleren Dutch, Flemish
fêtard French
fête French
fêter French
troubler French
feta Polish
troblefeste Old French
trobler Old French
feste Middle French
trouble-feste Middle French