carnaval

From Spanish carnaval, Portuguese carnaval.

• IPA^(key): /kɑɹnəˈvɑl/

carnaval (countable and uncountable, plural carnavals)

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

carnaval (plural carnavals)

1. Obsolete spelling of carnival

From Italian carnevale

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kəɾ.nəˈval/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kər.nəˈbal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.naˈval/

carnaval m (plural carnavals)

1. carnival (festival held just before Lent)

   Synonym: carnestoltes (in the Catalan Countries)

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

From French, see below, either from Italian carnivale, from Middle Latin carnelevale, from carnem (“flesh”) + levāre (“lighten, raise”) or directly from Middle Latin. The alternative carnem vale "flesh farewell" is believed to be folk etymology.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrnaːvɑl/, /kɑrnaːˈvɑl/, [ˈkɑrnəvɑl]

• carnaval

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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.

• (in some areas) vastenavond

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

• alaaf
• hossen

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.

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.na.val/

• Audio (Paris)

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carnaval m (plural carnavals)

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

• carnavalesque
• carnavaleux
• carnavalier
• carnavaliser

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

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.na.ˈvaw/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.na.ˈvaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.nɐ.ˈvaɫ/
• Hyphenation: car‧na‧val

carnaval m (plural carnavais)

1. carnival (festive occasion marked by parades)

• entrudo

• carnavalesco

• pular carnaval

From Italian carnevale

• IPA^(key): /karnaˈbal/, [karnaˈβal]

carnaval m (plural carnavales)

1. carnival (festival held just before Lent)

• carnavalear
• carnavalesco

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