tulip festival
- noun
- /ˈtuːlɪp ˈfɛstɪvəl/
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festival de tulipanes
- During the tulip festival, many locals participate in gardening workshops to learn about tulip care and cultivation.
Examples
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Children enjoyed the parade and various activities at the annual tulip festival in the town park.
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Every spring, the city hosts a vibrant tulip festival where visitors can admire thousands of blooming tulips.
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I won't have much time to spend, well, anywhere, but a tulip festival is a possibility.
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Synonyms
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An event with many shows like music or theatre
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Morphology
The meaning of 'tulip festival' is directly compositional: 'tulip' (a type of flower) combined with 'festival' (a celebratory event) yields an event celebrating or displaying tulips. This noun+noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Tulip festival comes from the image of towns planting beds of bright tulip flowers and holding a public festival to show them each spring. One clear story is that Ottawa's event began after the Netherlands sent tulip bulbs to thank Canada, so today a tulip festival means 'an event to celebrate and display tulip flowers'.