different between carnaval vs anapestic

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish carnaval, Portuguese carnaval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n??v?l/

Noun

carnaval (countable and uncountable, plural carnavals)

1. One of various large carnivals held before the beginning of Lent, especially in Latin America.

Etymology 2

Noun

carnaval (plural carnavals)

1. Obsolete spelling of carnival

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian carnevale

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /k??.n??val/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /k?r.n??bal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka?.na?val/

Noun

carnaval m (plural carnavals)

1. carnival (festival held just before Lent)

   Synonym: (in the Catalan Countries) carnestoltes

Further reading

• “carnaval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French carnaval, either from Italian carnivale, from Medieval Latin carnelevale, from carnem (“flesh”) + lev?re (“lighten, raise”). The alternative carnem vale (“flesh farewell”) is a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?rna?v?l/, /k?rna??v?l/, /-n?-/
• Hyphenation: car?na?val

Noun

carnaval n (plural carnavals, diminutive carnavalletje n)

1. The carnival, last festive occasion(s) before Lent, notably on Shrove Tuesday
2. (within the southern Netherlands and Belgium, specifically) A festival celebrated with costuming, parades and other festivities, with a general emphasis on parody, jest and local tradition and dialect.

Synonyms

• (in some areas) vastenavond

Derived terms

• carnavalesk
• carnavalskostuum
• carnavalslied
• carnavalsmasker
• carnavalsnaam
• carnavalsoptocht
• carnavalsstoet

Related terms

• alaaf
• hossen

French

Etymology

Either from Italian carnevale, from Medieval Latin carnelevale, from caro (“flesh”) + levo (“to lighten, to raise”), or directly from Medieval Latin.

The alternative carne vale (“to flesh/meat, farewell”) is believed to be a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?.na.val/
• Homophone: carnavals

Noun

carnaval m (plural carnavals)

1. The carnival, last festive occasion before Lent, notably on Shrove Tuesday, marked by a masked parade and/or ball

Derived terms

• carnavalesque
• carnavaleux
• carnavalier
• carnavaliser

Descendants

• ? Russian: ????????? (karnavál)
  • ? Kazakh: ???????? (karnaval)

Further reading

• “carnaval” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian carnevale (“carnival”), from the Latin phrase carnis levare, to put away meat.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka?.na.?vaw/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka?.na.?vaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /k??.n?.?va?/
• Hyphenation: car?na?val

Noun

carnaval m (plural carnavais)

1. carnival (festive occasion marked by parades)

   Synonym: entrudo

Related terms

• carnavalesco

Derived terms

• pular carnaval

Romanian

Etymology

From French carnaval

Noun

carnaval n (plural carnavaluri)

1. carnival

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian carnevale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?na?bal/, [ka?.na???al]

Noun

carnaval m (plural carnavales)

1. carnival (festival held just before Lent)

Derived terms

• Martes de Carnaval

Related terms

• carnavalear
• carnavalesco

Further reading

• “carnaval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• anapaestic (UK)
• anapestick (obsolete)

Etymology

anapest +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.?pi?.st?k/

Adjective

anapestic (comparative more anapestic, superlative most anapestic)

1. of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
2. of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
3. of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
4. of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.

Translations

Noun

anapestic (plural anapestics)

1. A verse that contains anapestic feet

Anagrams

• Capetians, antapices, anti-space, antispace, captaines

Romanian

Etymology

From French anapestique, from Latin anapaesticus.

Adjective

anapestic m or n (feminine singular anapestic?, masculine plural anapestici, feminine and neuter plural anapestice)

1. anapestic

Declension