# eve
## English
### Etymology

From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.
In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iːv/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːv
* Homophones: eave, Eve

### Noun

eve (plural eves)
* The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
* (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
** Mid-19th century, John Clare, Autumn:I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve
** 1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42–43:And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.
** 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.
* (figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
    Antonyms: evening, winter
    the eve of a scientific discovery

#### Synonyms

* (evening): een, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening

#### Derived terms

* All Hallows' Eve
* evejar
* evetide
* evetime
* good eve
* yestereve

#### Related terms

* evening
* even

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “eve”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Further reading

* “eve”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* EeV, Vee, vee

## Äiwoo
### Numeral

eve
* three

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Ewe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeve/

### Numeral

eve
* two

## Finnish
### Etymology

Slang, from ekstaasi (folk-etymologically connected with the nickname Eve, with which it is unrelated)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeʋe/, [ˈe̞ʋe̞]
* Rhymes: -eʋe
* Hyphenation: eve

### Noun

eve (slang)
* ecstasy (drug)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of eve (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eveni
eveni
accusative
nom.
eveni
eveni
gen.
eveni
genitive
eveni
evejeni eveini $^{rare}$
partitive
eveäni
evejäni
inessive
evessäni
eveissäni
elative
evestäni
eveistäni
illative
eveeni
eveihini
adessive
evelläni
eveilläni
ablative
eveltäni
eveiltäni
allative
evelleni
eveilleni
essive
evenäni
eveinäni
translative
evekseni
eveikseni
abessive
evettäni
eveittäni
instructive
comitative
—eveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
evesi
evesi
accusative
nom.
evesi
evesi
gen.
evesi
genitive
evesi
evejesi eveisi $^{rare}$
partitive
eveäsi
evejäsi
inessive
evessäsi
eveissäsi
elative
evestäsi
eveistäsi
illative
eveesi
eveihisi
adessive
evelläsi
eveilläsi
ablative
eveltäsi
eveiltäsi
allative
evellesi
eveillesi
essive
evenäsi
eveinäsi
translative
eveksesi
eveiksesi
abessive
evettäsi
eveittäsi
instructive
comitative
—eveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
evemme
evemme
accusative
nom.
evemme
evemme
gen.
evemme
genitive
evemme
evejemme eveimme $^{rare}$
partitive
eveämme
evejämme
inessive
evessämme
eveissämme
elative
evestämme
eveistämme
illative
eveemme
eveihimme
adessive
evellämme
eveillämme
ablative
eveltämme
eveiltämme
allative
evellemme
eveillemme
essive
evenämme
eveinämme
translative
eveksemme
eveiksemme
abessive
evettämme
eveittämme
instructive
comitative
—eveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
evenne
evenne
accusative
nom.
evenne
evenne
gen.
evenne
genitive
evenne
evejenne eveinne $^{rare}$
partitive
eveänne
evejänne
inessive
evessänne
eveissänne
elative
evestänne
eveistänne
illative
eveenne
eveihinne
adessive
evellänne
eveillänne
ablative
eveltänne
eveiltänne
allative
evellenne
eveillenne
essive
evenänne
eveinänne
translative
eveksenne
eveiksenne
abessive
evettänne
eveittänne
instructive
comitative
—eveinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
evensä
evensä
accusative
nom.
evensä
evensä
gen.
evensä
genitive
evensä
evejensä eveinsä $^{rare}$
partitive
eveään eveänsä
evejään evejänsä
inessive
evessään evessänsä
eveissään eveissänsä
elative
evestään evestänsä
eveistään eveistänsä
illative
eveensä
eveihinsä
adessive
evellään evellänsä
eveillään eveillänsä
ablative
eveltään eveltänsä
eveiltään eveiltänsä
allative
evelleen evellensä
eveilleen eveillensä
essive
evenään evenänsä
eveinään eveinänsä
translative
evekseen eveksensä
eveikseen eveiksensä
abessive
evettään evettänsä
eveittään eveittänsä
instructive
comitative
—eveineen eveinensä :

#### Synonyms

* ekstaasi

### Anagrams

* vee

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

eve (present tense ever, past tense eva or evet, past participle eva or evet)
* (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet

### References

* “eve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* Homophone: æve

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse efa, ifa. Compare also with earlier ivast.

#### Alternative forms

* eva (verb, a- and split infinitives)
** (Aasen) æva, ivast
* (noun): (Aasen) Æve

#### Verb

eve (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative eve/ev)
* (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet

#### Noun

eve m (definite singular even, indefinite plural evar, definite plural evane)
* doubt, uncertainty

### Etymology 2

Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.

#### Alternative forms

* eva (non-standard since 2012)

#### Noun

eve f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever, definite plural evene)
* trace, rest

### References

* 1 2 “eve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* ↑ Ivar Aasen (1850) “æva”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
* ↑ Ivar Aasen (1850) “Æve”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

## Old French
### Etymology

Latin aqua.

### Noun

eve oblique singular, f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)
* Alternative form of iaue; water

## Rapa Nui
### Noun

eve
* buttocks

## Turkish
### Noun

eve
* singular dative of ev

## Zazaki
### Alternative forms

* ev (southern zazaki)

### Article

eve
* the