# festoon

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɛsˈtuːn/ · frequency rank #95,969

## Definitions
1. An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
2. A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
3. A raised cable with light globes attached.
4. A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
5. Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
6. A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
7. Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
8. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
9. Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.

## Etymology
From French feston.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/festoon