Definition
A public festival with music, dancing, costumes, and parades, often held before a season of fasting in some Christian traditions.
Etymology
From Italian 'carnevale', perhaps from Medieval Latin 'carne levare' or 'carne vale', meaning 'remove meat' or 'farewell to meat'. It referred to the feast before the fasting period of Lent.
Kelly Says
The word 'carnival' probably started as 'goodbye, meat', a last wild party before weeks of no rich food. The modern idea of bright costumes and parades grew out of that final burst of allowed excess.
Translations
ARالعربية
كرنفال
kahrn-fahl
BNবাংলা
কার্নিভাল
kahrn-ee-vahl
CACatalà
carnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
CSČeština
karneval
kahrn-eh-vahl
DADansk
karneval
kahrn-eh-vahl
DEDeutsch
Karneval
kahrn-eh-vahl
ELΕλληνικά
καρναβάλι
kahrn-ah-vah-lee
ESEspañol
carnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
FAفارسی
کرنوال
kahrn-vahl
FISuomi
karnevaalit
kahrn-eh-vah-leht
FRFrançais
carnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
GUGU
કાર્નિવાલ
kahrn-ee-vahl
HAHA
karnival
kahrn-ah-vahl
HIहिन्दी
कर्निवाल
kahrn-ee-vahl
HUMagyar
farsang
fahrsahng
IDBahasa Indonesia
karnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
IGIG
karnival
kahrn-ah-vahl
ITItaliano
carnevale
kahrn-eh-vah-leh
JA日本語
カーニバル
kah-nee-bah-ru
KKKK
карнавал
kahrn-ah-vahl
KMKM
កាណិវ៉ាល
kah-nee-vahl
MRMR
कार्निव्हाल
kahrn-ee-vahl
MSBahasa Melayu
karnival
kahrn-ah-vahl
MYမြန်မာ
ကာနီဗော
kah-nee-baw
NLNederlands
carnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
NONorsk
karneval
kahrn-eh-vahl
PAPA
ਕਾਰਨੀਵਾਲ
kahrn-ee-vahl
PLPolski
karnawał
kahrn-ah-vahl
PTPortuguês
carnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
RORomână
carneval
kahrn-eh-vahl
RUРусский
карнавал
kahrn-ah-vahl
SVSvenska
karneval
kahrn-eh-vahl
SWKiswahili
karnivali
kahrn-ee-vah-lee
TAதமிழ்
கர்னிவல்
kahrn-ee-vahl
TEతెలుగు
కర్నివాల్
kahrn-ee-vahl
THไทย
การนิวาล
gahn-nee-vahl
TLTL
karnabal
kahrn-ah-bahl
TRTürkçe
karnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
UKУкраїнська
карнавал
kahrn-ah-vahl
VITiếng Việt
carnaval
kahrn-ah-vahl
YOYO
kàrnìvàlì
kah-nee-vah-lee
ZUZU
ikhanibali
ee-kah-nee-bah-lee