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- Dictionarycarnival/ˈkɑːnɪvl/
noun
- 1. an annual festival, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade: "the culmination of the week-long carnival" Similar
- 2. a travelling funfair or circus: North American "he worked at a carnival, climbing Ferris wheels and working 18-hour days" Similar
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(a special occasion or period of) public enjoyment and entertainment involving wearing unusual clothes, dancing, and eating and drinking, usually held in the streets of a city: a Caribbean carnival. There's a real carnival atmosphere in the streets. Andreas Mann/EyeEm/GettyImages. [ C ] US (UK funfair)
The meaning of CARNIVAL is a season or festival of merrymaking before Lent. How to use carnival in a sentence.
Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, [2] consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
A carnival is a travelling show which is held in a park or field and at which there are machines to ride on, entertainments, and games.
a type of entertainment in a field or park at which people can ride on large machines and play games to win prizes. [countable] an outdoor public event or celebration involving entertainment, games, food and drink, etc., often organized by a town or village.
(The name of) the period immediately preceding Lent, traditionally celebrated in some places (esp. those where Roman Catholicism is or was the dominant religion) with public festivities and entertainments. Cf. Mardi Gras n.
Carnival, the merrymaking and festivity that takes place in many Roman Catholic countries in the last days and hours before the Lenten season, during which Roman Catholics in earlier times fasted, abstained from eating meat, and followed other ascetic practices.
The word carnival originally referred to a public festival involving general merriment and feasting, often taking place on the street and frequently associated with a religious holiday. Later the word’s meaning broadened to refer to a traveling show that offers similar activities, like a winter carnival or a fair.
1. a. a festive occasion or period marked by merrymaking, processions, etc: esp in some Roman Catholic countries, the period just before Lent. b. (as modifier): a carnival atmosphere. 2. a travelling fair having merry-go-rounds, etc. 3. a show or display arranged as an amusement. 4. Austral a sports meeting.
noun. a traveling amusement show, having sideshows, rides, etc. any merrymaking, revelry, or festival, as a program of sports or entertainment: a winter carnival. Synonyms: holiday, fete, celebration, fair. the season immediately preceding Lent, often observed with merrymaking; Shrovetide. carnival. / ˈkɑːnɪvəl / noun.
