Lantern Festival
English
WOTD – 5 February 2023
Etymology
Lanterns displayed during the Lantern Festival (sense 1) in Taipei, Taiwan, near the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
From the carrying and displaying of lanterns during such festivals.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌlæntən ˈfɛstɪvl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlæn(t)ɚn ˈfɛstəv(ə)l/
- Hyphenation: lan‧tern fes‧tiv‧al
Noun
Lantern Festival (plural Lantern Festivals)
- A festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March).
- ยี่เป็ง (Yi Peng), a festival celebrated chiefly in northern Thailand on the day of the full moon in the second month of the northern Thai lunar calendar (equivalent to the twelfth month of the lunar calendar used in the rest of Thailand, generally in November).
Translations
festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
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festival celebrated chiefly in northern Thailand on the day of the full moon in the second month of the northern Thai lunar calendar
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Further reading
Lantern Festival on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Loy Krathong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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