Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

songfest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
songfest
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An event, often informal, where people sing together for the pleasure of it.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *singwaną Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Proto-West Germanic *sangu Old English sang Middle English song English song Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin festumder. Middle High German fëst German Festbor. English fest English -fest English songfest From song + -fest.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does songfest mean?
An event, often informal, where people sing together for the pleasure of it.
Where does songfest come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *singwaną Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Proto-West Germanic *sangu Old English sang Middle English song English song Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin festumder. Middle High German fëst German Festbor. English fest English -fest English songfest From song + -fest.

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