trouble-fête

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French trouble-feste, from Old French troblefeste. Compound of troubler +‎ fête.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁu.blə.fɛt/
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Noun

trouble-fête m or f by sense (plural trouble-fête or trouble-fêtes)

spoilsport

Further reading

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

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