carnival

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

car·ni·val [carnival carnivals] BrE [ˈkɑːnɪvl] NAmE [ˈkɑːrnɪvl] noun
1. countable, uncountable a public festival, usually one that happens at a regular time each year, that involves music and dancing in the streets, for which people wear brightly coloured clothes
•There is a local carnival every year.
•the carnival in Rio
•a carnival atmosphere
2. countable (NAmE) = ↑fair _n. (¹)
3. (NAmE) (BrE fete, fair)countable an outdoor entertainment at which people can play games to win prizes, buy food and drink, etc, usually arranged to make money for a special purpose
4. singular ~ of sth (formal)an exciting or brightly coloured mixture of things
•this summer's carnival of sport
See also: ↑fair ▪ ↑fete

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Italian carnevale, carnovale, from medieval Latin carnelevamen, carnelevarium ‘Shrovetide’, from Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh’ + levare ‘put away’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fair, funfair, circus