kermesse

kermesse (plural kermesses)

1. Alternative form of kirmess

• kermesse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• Remkeses

From Dutch kermis, a bastardization of kerk (“church”) + mis (“mass”). Compare German Kirmes (“church mass”).

• IPA^(key): /kɛʁ.mɛs/

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kermesse f (plural kermesses)

1. fête
   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     dans les parcs et les stades, on chantait, on dansait, on riait, on organisait de grandes kermesses tonitruantes.

     In the parks and stadiums, we sang, we danced, we laughed, we organised raucous fêtes.

• → Italian: kermesse
• → Portuguese: quermesse
• → Spanish: kermés
• → Romanian: chermeză
• → Turkish: kermes

• “kermesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French kermesse.

• IPA^(key): /kerˈmɛs/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛs

kermesse f (invariable)

1. kermis
2. social event, gathering, meeting, gala

kermesse f (plural kermesses)

1. Obsolete form of quermesse.