fairground

English

noun

Definitions

An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.

Etymology

Compound from English fair + English ground (that has been ground, earthing).

Origin

English

ground

Gloss

that has been ground, earthing

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Fairbank English
Fairbanks English
Mayfair English
above ground English
aboveground English
aground English
background English
battleground English
bedground English
belowground English
bootleg ground English
byground English
campground English
centerground English
centreground English
cumberground English
eyeground English
fair English
fair-goer English
fair-handed English
fair-minded English
fairdom English
fairest English
fairgoer English
fairgrounds English
fairhanded English
fairheaded English
fairhood English
fairish English
fairlead English
fairleader English
fairlike English
fairling English
fairly English
fairmaid English
fairminded English
fairness English
fairsome English
fairwater English
fairway English
fireground English
foreground English
funfair English
ground English
ground stop English
ground tissue English
groundable English
groundage English
groundation English
groundbait English
groundbreaker English
groundbreaking English
groundburst English
groundcherry English
groundcrew English
grounder English
groundfire English
groundfish English
groundhog English
groundhopper English
groundhopping English
groundlaying English
groundless English
groundline English
groundling English
groundly English
groundmass English
groundmist English
groundnut English
groundpecker English
groundplan English
groundrow English
groundshare English
groundsheet English
groundsill English
groundspeed English
groundstaff English
groundstone English
groundstroke English
groundswell English
groundwall English
groundward English
groundwards English
groundwater English
groundwave English
groundwood English
groundwork English
groundworker English
groundworm English
groundy English
hardground English
hyperfair English
microground English
midground English
misground English
nonground English
outground English
overground English
playground English
preground English
reground English
rufous-vented ground-cuckoo English
sandgrounder English
schoolground English
showground English
sportsground English
stoneground English
underground English
unfair English
unground English
urgrund English
wasteground English
fair German
fair Hungarian
fair Polish
fæġer Old English
fayr Middle English
grounde Middle English
fér Czech
fer Serbo-Croatian
graun Tok Pisin
garaund Fiji Hindi