carnival

carnaval, fête

Fête ouverte au public avec musique, spectacles de rue, véhicules décorés et souvent des plats spéciaux.

En anglais simple : A public celebration with music, street shows, decorated vehicles, and often special food.

• The town holds a carnival every summer.
• Dancers in bright costumes led the carnival parade.
• We tried local food at the carnival.

Synonymes : festival

Expressions courantes : street carnival, carnival parade, annual carnival

fête foraine

Fête itinérante proposant des manèges, des jeux et d’autres divertissements.

En anglais simple : A travelling event with rides, games, and other entertainment.

• The carnival arrived in town yesterday.
• We won a toy at a carnival game.
• The children tried every ride at the carnival.

Synonymes : funfair, fair

Expressions courantes : travelling carnival, carnival rides, carnival games

carnaval

Fête avec déguisements, musique et manifestations de rue avant la période chrétienne du carême.

En anglais simple : A celebration with costumes, music, and street events before the Christian period of Lent.

• Carnival comes before Lent.
• We visited Venice during carnival season.
• Thousands of dancers joined the carnival celebrations in Rio.

Expressions courantes : carnival season, carnival in somewhere, carnival celebrations

cirque, carnaval

Mélange déchaîné et déroutant de choses frappantes ou de comportements excessifs.

En anglais simple : A wild, confusing mixture of striking things or extreme behaviour.

• The scene was a carnival of chaos.
• The awards show became a carnival of expensive outfits.
• Their meeting turned into a carnival of absurd suggestions.

Comment l'utiliser : a carnival of something (The debate became a carnival of insults.)

Expressions courantes : carnival of something, carnival of excess, carnival of colour