Carnival Definition
kärnə-vəl
noun
The period of feasting and revelry just before Lent.
Webster's New World
A reveling or time of revelry; festivity; merrymaking.
Webster's New World
A festival or revel.
Winter carnival.
American Heritage
A time or place of excess, vitality, chaos, etc.
Webster's New World
A traveling commercial entertainment with sideshows, rides, games, etc.
Webster's New World
pronoun
The season just before the beginning of the Roman Catholic season of Lent, when New Orleans has its Mardi Gras carnival.
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Other Word Forms of Carnival
Noun
Singular:
carnival
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carnivalsOrigin of Carnival
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Italian carnevale from Old Italian carnelevare Shrovetide carne meat (from Latin carō carn- sker-1 in Indo-European roots) levare to remove (from Latin levāre to raise legwh- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, from the Latin phrase carnem levāre, to put away meat
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