different between concert vs fiesta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto. Doublet of concerto.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s??t/
  • (US) enPR: k?nsûrt?, IPA^(key): /k?n?s?t/
• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?t/
  • (US) enPR: kän?s?rt, IPA^(key): /?k?ns?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Verb

concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)

1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

   • It was concerted to begin the siege in March.

2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
   • 1756, Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society

     A commander had more trouble to concert his defence before the people than to plan […] the campaign.

3. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

   • The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.

Translations

Noun

concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)

1. (uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
2. (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

   I'm going to the rock concert on Friday.

   Synonym: gig

Derived terms

• concertmaster
• in concert

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (kons?to)
• ? Korean: ??? (konseoteu)
• ? Thai: ????????? (k??n-s???t)

Translations

Further reading

• Concert in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertista

Related terms

• concertar

Further reading

• “concert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “concert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “concert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “concert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?rt/
• Hyphenation: con?cert
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

• concertgebouw
• concertmeester
• concertzaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konsert
• ? Indonesian: konser
• ? West Frisian: konsert

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s??/

Noun

concert m (plural concerts)

1. concert (musical entertainment)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: concert
• ? Turkish: konser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• concret

Romanian

Etymology

From French concert

Noun

concert n (plural concerte)

1. concert

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast and fete.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fi??st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?

Noun

fiesta (plural fiestas)

1. (In Spanish speaking countries) A religious festival.
2. A festive occasion.

Synonyms

• (festive occasion): celebration, party

Translations

Anagrams

• afties, saftie

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin f?sta, from Latin f?sta, plural of f?stum.

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestes)

1. party
2. festival

Finnish

Noun

fiesta

1. fiesta

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??.sta/

Noun

fiesta f

1. (in Spanish speaking countries) fiesta

Declension

Further reading

• fiesta in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• fiesta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin f?sta, from Latin f?sta, plural of f?stum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fjesta/, [?fjes.t?a]

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

1. party

   Synonyms: pachanga, farra, (Mexico) reventón, (Honduras) charrango, juerga, parranda

2. feast
3. feast day (of a saint)
4. holiday

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Basque: besta
• ? Cebuano: pista
• ? English: fiesta
• ? Finnish: fiesta

Related terms

• festejar
• festín
• festivo
• festival
• festividad

Further reading

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