Singfest

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A large event where many people come together to sing, often as a festival or organized gathering of choirs and vocal groups
2. An informal celebration built around communal singing, in which participants and performers share songs for an extended period
3. A festival or meeting centered on group singing, typically bringing together singers of many kinds for performances and shared songs

Etymology: "Fest" and "feast" are the same word that entered English by different routes. Both descend from Latin "festum," meaning a festival or holiday. "Feast" came through Old French, while "fest" was borrowed directly from German "Fest," which kept the older sense of a celebration. English speakers met the German form mainly in names like Oktoberfest, then began using it as a combining form that could attach to almost any noun. Singfest is therefore a transparent compound: "sing" plus "fest," a festival built around singing. The pattern is productive, so similar coinages like "jazzfest" turn up for gatherings centred on a single activity.

Synonyms: songfest, sing-along