English Explanatory Dictionary

evening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The time of day between afternoon and night.
  2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
  3. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
  4. A party or gathering held in the evening.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of even
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of evene

Pronunciation

ēv'nĭng /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/ /ˈiv.nɪŋ/ En-uk-evening.ogg en-us-evening (noun).ogg ē'vənĭng /ˈiːvənɪŋ/ en-us-evening (participle).ogg

Word forms

evening evenings ev'ning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ Old English ǣfen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan Old English -ian Old English ǣfnian Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Old English ǣfnung Middle English evening English evening From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.

Synonyms

een eve even evening eventide eveningtide eveningtime evetime forenight undern vesper vespertide

Antonyms

morning

Related words

eve even early morning dawn first light postdawn midday afternoon night midnight evenlight evensong good evening vespers

Derived words

bigfruit evening primrose evening bat evening cicada evening class evening dress evening-dressed eveninger eveningful evening glove evening gown evening-gowned evening grosbeak evening gun eveningless eveninglike eveningness evening newspaper evening out evening prayer evening primrose evening primrose oil evening school evening-snow evening star evening tea eveningtide evening trumpet flower evening walk eveningwear evening wrap family home evening good evening lady of the evening midevening Missouri evening primrose open evening parents' evening this evening yesterevening

Translations

Abkhaz: а́хәылԥаз Abkhaz: а́хәылбыҽха Afrikaans: aand Ainu: アンチカㇻ Albanian: mbrëmje Southern Altai: кеч Amharic: ምሽት Arabic: مَسَاء Arabic: مسا Arabic: ليل Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܡܫܵܐ Armenian: երեկո Armenian: իրիկուն Old Armenian: երեկոյ Aromanian: searã Assamese: সন্ধিয়া Asturian: tarde Azerbaijani: axşam Bashkir: кис Bats: ფსარლო Belarusian: уве́чар Belarusian: ўве́чар Belarusian: ве́чар Bengali: সন্ধ্যা Bengali: শাম Bulgarian: ве́чер Burmese: ညနေခင်း Burmese: ညနေ Buryat: үдэшэ Carpathian Rusyn: ве́чур Catalan: tarda Catalan: vespre Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴷⴳⴳⵯⴰⵜ Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⴷⴷⵉⵜ Chamicuro: chpos̈hka Chechen: суьйре Chinese Cantonese: 傍晚 Chinese Cantonese: 夜晚 Chinese Cantonese: 挨晚 Chinese: хубар Chinese: 日欲暗 Chinese Mandarin: 晚上 Chinese Mandarin: 黃昏 /黄昏 Chinese Mandarin: 傍晚 Chukchi: вулк'ытвин Chuvash: каҫ West Circassian: пчыхьэ Coptic: ⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ Crimean Tatar: aqşam Czech: večer Dalmatian: saira Dalmatian: viaspro Danish: aften Dhivehi: ހަވީރު Dhivehi: ސަންދިޔަ Central Dusun: minsosodop Dutch: avond
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