feast

festin, banquet

Grand repas spécial avec beaucoup de nourriture, souvent organisé pour une fête.

En anglais simple : A large, special meal with plenty of food, often eaten to celebrate something.

• We prepared a feast.
• The wedding feast lasted for hours.
• They invited the whole village to their feast.

Synonymes : banquet

Expressions courantes : wedding feast, prepare a feast, enjoy a feast

régal, délice

Quelque chose qui procure beaucoup de plaisir, surtout à regarder ou à écouter.

En anglais simple : Something that gives you a lot of pleasure, especially through what you see or hear.

• The exhibition was a visual feast.
• That concert offered a feast for the ears.
• The bright costumes made the show a feast for the eyes.

Comment l'utiliser : a feast for something (The garden was a feast for the eyes.)

Synonymes : delight, treat

Expressions courantes : visual feast, musical feast, feast for everyone

festoyer, se régaler

Manger beaucoup de bonnes choses, souvent lors d’une fête.

En anglais simple : To eat a large amount of good food, often at a celebration.

• We feasted together all evening.
• The guests feasted on roast chicken.
• They had feasted well before the dancing began.

Comment l'utiliser : feast on something (We feasted on fresh fish and bread.)

Synonymes : dine, banquet

Contraires : fast

Expressions courantes : feast on something, feast together

régaler

Offrir à quelqu’un un grand repas spécial pour lui faire honneur.

En anglais simple : To honour someone by giving them a large, special meal.

• The king feasted his guests.
• The town feasted the returning soldiers.
• Their hosts feasted them in the great hall.

Synonymes : entertain, banquet

Expressions courantes : feast the guests, feast the victors