Meaning of "banquet" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BANQUET

From Old French, from Italian banchetto, from banco a table, of Germanic origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BANQUET

banquet  [ˈbæŋkwɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BANQUET

Banquet is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb banquet in English.

WHAT DOES BANQUET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Banquet

A banquet is a large meal or feast, complete with main courses and desserts. It usually serves a purpose such as a charitable gathering, a ceremony, or a celebration, and is often preceded or followed by speeches in honor of someone.

Definition of banquet in the English dictionary

The first definition of banquet in the dictionary is a lavish and sumptuous meal; feast. Other definition of banquet is a ceremonial meal for many people, often followed by speeches. Banquet is also to hold or take part in a banquet.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BANQUET

PRESENT

Present

I banquet

you banquet

he/she/it banquets

we banquet

you banquet

they banquet

Present continuous

I am banqueting

you are banqueting

he/she/it is banqueting

we are banqueting

you are banqueting

they are banqueting

Present perfect

I have banqueted

you have banqueted

he/she/it has banqueted

we have banqueted

you have banqueted

they have banqueted

Present perfect continuous

I have been banqueting

you have been banqueting

he/she/it has been banqueting

we have been banqueting

you have been banqueting

they have been banqueting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I banqueted

you banqueted

he/she/it banqueted

we banqueted

you banqueted

they banqueted

Past continuous

I was banqueting

you were banqueting

he/she/it was banqueting

we were banqueting

you were banqueting

they were banqueting

Past perfect

I had banqueted

you had banqueted

he/she/it had banqueted

we had banqueted

you had banqueted

they had banqueted

Past perfect continuous

I had been banqueting

you had been banqueting

he/she/it had been banqueting

we had been banqueting

you had been banqueting

they had been banqueting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will banquet

you will banquet

he/she/it will banquet

we will banquet

you will banquet

they will banquet

Future continuous

I will be banqueting

you will be banqueting

he/she/it will be banqueting

we will be banqueting

you will be banqueting

they will be banqueting

Future perfect

I will have banqueted

you will have banqueted

he/she/it will have banqueted

we will have banqueted

you will have banqueted

they will have banqueted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been banqueting

you will have been banqueting

he/she/it will have been banqueting

we will have been banqueting

you will have been banqueting

they will have been banqueting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would banquet

you would banquet

he/she/it would banquet

we would banquet

you would banquet

they would banquet

Conditional continuous

I would be banqueting

you would be banqueting

he/she/it would be banqueting

we would be banqueting

you would be banqueting

they would be banqueting

Conditional perfect

I would have banquet

you would have banquet

he/she/it would have banquet

we would have banquet

you would have banquet

they would have banquet

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been banqueting

you would have been banqueting

he/she/it would have been banqueting

we would have been banqueting

you would have been banqueting

they would have been banqueting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you banquet
we let´s banquet
you banquet

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to banquet

Past participle

banqueted

Present Participle

banqueting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BANQUET»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «banquet» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of banquet

dinner · entertainment · feast · hakari · meal · repast · revel · spread

TRANSLATION OF BANQUET

Find out the translation of banquet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of banquet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «banquet» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 正式宴会
• Translator English - Spanish: banquete
• English: banquet
• Translator English - Hindi: भोज
• Translator English - Arabic: مأدبة
• Translator English - Russian: банкетный
• Translator English - Portuguese: banquete
• Translator English - Bengali: ভোজ
• Translator English - French: banquet
• Translator English - Malay: Jamuan makan malam
• Translator English - German: Bankett
• Translator English - Japanese: 豪華な宴会
• Translator English - Korean: 연회
• Translator English - Javanese: Pesta
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bữa tiệc
• Translator English - Tamil: விருந்து
• Translator English - Marathi: मेजवानी
• Translator English - Turkish: ziyafet
• Translator English - Italian: banchetto
• Translator English - Polish: bankiet
• Translator English - Ukrainian: банкетний
• Translator English - Romanian: banchet
• Translator English - Greek: συμπόσιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: banket
• Translator English - Swedish: bankett
• Translator English - Norwegian: bankett

10 QUOTES WITH «BANQUET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word banquet.

1

Aesop

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

2

Felix Bloch

In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.

3

Adelbert von Chamisso

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.

4

Rebecca Harding Davis

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.

5

Greg van Eekhout

In high school, I stole a six-foot submarine sandwich from a banquet room in front of several hundred people. I did it because I was in marching band, and we were promised food if we played, and they broke their promise. It was my first and only heist, motivated by justice and hunger.

6

Roy Evans

Liverpool without European football is like a banquet without wine.

7

John Lahr

Did you come of age in those sweet summers of the early nineteen-sixties, when the airwaves were full of rock and roll's doo-wop promise of joy and the nation was full of J.F.K.'s eloquent promise of a New Frontier? I did. Life seemed to be laid out before us like a banquet; everything was for the taking, especially hearts.

8

Tina Majorino

OK, I love 'The King and I.' I'm a huge Yul Brynner fan. I love the scene where they danced after the big banquet; that's one of my favorite scenes in a movie of all time. It's romantic and sweet and wonderful.

9

Pope Paul VI

You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favor an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life.

10

Rosalind Russell

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANQUET»

Discover the use of banquet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to banquet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Banquet Bug

An unemployed Chinese factory worker, Dan Dong masquerades as a journalist in order to gain invitations to free state-sponsored, gourmet banquets, but, in his guise, he is drawn into the middle of a conspiracy and scandal that leads from ...

Geling Yan, 2007

The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance ...

What did they eat and how did they eat it? In The Banquet, Ken Albala covers the transitional period between the heavily spiced and colored cuisine of the Middle Ages and classical French haut cuisine.

Ken Albala, 2007

Banquet at Brabazan

"In Banquet at Brabazan, Patricia Schonstein takes us to the heart of Cape Town's violent inner city, creating a cornucopia of baroque magic realism featuring an angel, drug-money, a muti murder, superb food, romance, a cappella, a miracle ...

Patricia Schonstein, 2010

Heaven's Banquet: Vegetarian Cooking for Lifelong Health the ...

A result of Miriam Kasin Hospodar's twenty-year culinary journey, Heaven's Banquet draws from a rich palette of international cuisines and shows how to match your diet to your mind-body type for maximum health and well-being.

Miriam Kasin Hospodar, 2001

The Philosopher's Banquet: Plutarch's Table Talk in the ...

The contributors offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of the work's literary form, themes, and cultural background.

Frieda Klotz, 2011

Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave : Finding Hope in the ...

- A book on addictions by a leader of the biblical counseling movement.- Offers a profoundly biblical analysis of addictive behavior.- Helps readers face their own addictions.

Edward T. Welch, 2001

Stations of the Banquet: Faith Foundations for Food Justice

Food reveals much about our Christian story of salvation. In "Stations of the Banquet," Cathy Campbell focuses on a little-explored dimension of our faith - the story of salvation as a food narrative.

Cathy C. Campbell, 2003

Banquet at Delmonico's: The Gilded Age and the Triumph of ...

In Banquet at Delmonico’s, Barry Werth draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin’s controversial ideas to post-Civil-War America.

Barry Werth, 2011

Dining Room and Banquet Management

This text is for the introductory course in a hospitality management program that covers dining room and banquet management.

Anthony J. Strianese, Pamela P. Strianese, 2007

Banquet: 10 Courses to Harmony

More fun than a social history and much more than a recipe book, BANQUET offers all the sweetness, bitterness, mystery and spice of the best chinese meal.

Annette Shun Wah, Greg Aitkin, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANQUET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term banquet is used in the context of the following news items.

BASKETBALL: Alton Exchange Club will honor top players at banquet

“We have several members of the Exchange Club who are members of the Sportsmen's Club, so we decided to have the banquet there,” fete ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»

NAACP to present awards at banquet May 1 - The Telegraph …

ALTON – James Gray will be recognized with a Leadership Award for 20 years of service at the upcoming NAACP Alton Branch banquet at 6 ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»

SHS girls tennis team holds banquet | Shelton Herald

The Shelton High girls tennis team closed out the the season with a 7-9 overall record and the team was honored for its hard work at the annual ... «Shelton Herald, Jul 15»

The Banquet seeks help to get through summer

The Banquet, a nonprofit feeding ministry that serves 13 meals a week to hungry people, is in need of volunteer groups throughout July and ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»

NASCAR changes awards banquet venue due to Donald Trump's …

First Donald Trump lost the PGA. Now the reality television star turned Republican presidential candidate is losing NASCAR. On Friday, the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Six to be honored at Washington sports banquet

The first Washington City Summer SportsFest Banquet honoring former coaches, athletes and leaders throughout the city was held last year ... «Observer-Reporter, Jul 15»

LTC holds Youth Apprenticeship Banquet - Sheboygan Press

LTC's annual Youth Apprenticeship Banquet was recently held on the Cleveland campus to honor 64 student graduates. Youth apprenticeship ... «The Sheboygan Press, Jul 15»

Hardware Store Sells Hotdogs For The Banquet

Mac's Hardware on North Cliff Avenue sold hot dogs and sodas for the lunch crowd. All the proceeds are going to The Banquet feeding ministry ... «KELOLAND TV, Jul 15»

Banquet added to Packer Classic; Austin Public Education …

On July 19, the APEF will host its first Sunday Banquet and Auction in ... The July 19th Packer Classic banquet will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the ... «Austin Herald, Jul 15»

Athletes honored at banquet

More than 50 Mexico-area Special Olympics athletes were honored July 1 at the group's fourth annual Special Olympics Believer's Banquet. «Mexico Ledger, Jul 15»