evening
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
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.
Base: even
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: evenings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ev'ning
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The time of day between afternoon and night.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
gloss: A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
The latter [locomotive] had worked on the Hampton Court branch for many years, and was spending the evening of its life in the West Country.
gloss: A party or gathering held in the evening.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry.
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:
lang: Abkhaz
word: а́хәылԥаз
roman: áxʷəlpaz
lang: Abkhaz
word: а́хәылбыҽха
roman: áxʷəlbəĉxa
lang: Afrikaans
word: aand
lang: Ainu
word: アンチカㇻ
roman: ancikar
lang: Albanian
word: mbrëmje
lang: Southern Altai
word: кеч
roman: keč
lang: Amharic
word: ምሽት
roman: məšt
lang: Arabic
word: مَسَاء
roman: masāʔ
lang: Arabic
word: مسا
roman: masa
lang: Arabic
word: ليل
roman: lēll
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܪܲܡܫܵܐ
roman: rāmša
lang: Armenian
word: երեկո
roman: ereko
lang: Armenian
word: իրիկուն
roman: irikun
lang: Old Armenian
word: երեկոյ
roman: erekoy
lang: Aromanian
word: searã
lang: Assamese
word: সন্ধিয়া
roman: xondhia
lang: Asturian
word: tarde
lang: Azerbaijani
word: axşam
lang: Bashkir
word: кис
roman: kis
lang: Bats
word: ფსარლო
roman: psarlo
lang: Belarusian
word: уве́чар
roman: uvjéčar
lang: Belarusian
word: ўве́чар
roman: wvjéčar
lang: Belarusian
word: ве́чар
roman: vjéčar
lang: Bengali
word: সন্ধ্যা
roman: śonddha
lang: Bengali
word: শাম
roman: śam
lang: Bulgarian
word: ве́чер
roman: véčer
lang: Burmese
word: ညနေခင်း
roman: nya.nehkang:
lang: Burmese
word: ညနေ
roman: nya.ne
lang: Buryat
word: үдэшэ
roman: üdeše
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: ве́чур
roman: véčur
lang: Catalan
word: tarda
lang: Catalan
word: vespre
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵜⴰⴷⴳⴳⵯⴰⵜ
roman: tadggʷat
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵜⴰⵎⴷⴷⵉⵜ
roman: tamddit
lang: Chamicuro
word: chpos̈hka
lang: Chechen
word: суьйре
roman: süüre
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 傍晚
roman: bong⁶ maan⁵ / pong⁴ maan⁵
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 夜晚
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 挨晚
lang: Chinese
word: хубар
roman: hubar
lang: Chinese
word: 日欲暗
roman: ji̍t-beh-àm
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 晚上
roman: wǎnshang
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 黃昏 /黄昏
roman: huánghūn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 傍晚
roman: bàngwǎn
lang: Chukchi
word: вулк'ытвин
lang: Chuvash
word: каҫ
roman: kaś
lang: West Circassian
word: пчыхьэ
roman: pčəḥɛ
lang: Coptic
word: ⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ
roman: rouhe
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: aqşam
lang: Czech
word: večer
lang: Dalmatian
word: saira
lang: Dalmatian
word: viaspro
lang: Danish
word: aften
lang: Dhivehi
word: ހަވީރު
roman: havīru
lang: Dhivehi
word: ސަންދިޔަ
roman: san̊diya
lang: Central Dusun
word: minsosodop
lang: Dutch
word: avond
lang: Erzya
word: чокшне
roman: čokšne
lang: Esperanto
word: vespero
lang: Estonian
word: õhtu
lang: Faroese
word: kvøld
lang: Faroese
word: aftan
lang: Finnish
word: ilta
lang: French
word: soir
lang: French
word: soirée
lang: West-Frisian
word: jûn
lang: West-Frisian
word: jûntiid
lang: Friulian
word: sere
lang: Galician
word: tardiña
lang: Galician
word: serán
lang: Galician
word: fresca
lang: Galician
word: vesperada
lang: Galician
word: cudanoite
lang: Galician
word: senoite
lang: Galician
word: lusco-fusco
lang: Georgian
word: საღამო
roman: saɣamo
lang: Georgian
word: მწუხრი
roman: mc̣uxri
lang: Georgian
word: დაისი
roman: daisi
lang: German
word: Abend
lang: German
word: Aabig
lang: Gilbertese
word: tairiki
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹
roman: andanahti
lang: Greek
word: εσπέρα
roman: espéra
lang: Greek
word: βράδυ
roman: vrády
lang: Greek
word: δειλινό
roman: deilinó
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἑσπέρα
roman: hespéra
lang: Greenlandic
word: unnuk
lang: Gujarati
word: સાંજ
roman: sā̃j
lang: Hawaiian
word: ahiahi
lang: Hebrew
word: עֶרֶב
roman: érev
lang: Hindi
word: शाम
roman: śām
lang: Hindi
word: विकाल
roman: vikāl
lang: Hindi
word: संध्या
roman: sandhyā
lang: Hungarian
word: este
lang: Icelandic
word: kvöld
lang: Icelandic
word: kveld
lang: Icelandic
word: aftann
lang: Ido
word: vespero
lang: Indonesian
word: petang
lang: Indonesian
word: malam
lang: Ingush
word: сайре
roman: sajre
lang: Irish
word: tráthnóna
lang: Istro-Romanian
word: sęrę
lang: Italian
word: sera
lang: Japanese
word: 夕方
roman: yūgata
lang: Japanese
word: 夜
roman: yoru
lang: Japanese
word: 晩
roman: ban
lang: Javanese
word: sore
lang: Kannada
word: ಸಂಜೆ
roman: sañje
lang: Karelian
word: ilda
lang: Kashubian
word: wieczór
lang: Kazakh
word: кеш
roman: keş
lang: Kazakh
word: кешкілік
roman: keşkılık
lang: Khmer
word: ល្ងាច
roman: lngiəc
lang: Khmer
word: យប់
roman: yup
lang: Khmer
word: រាត្រី
roman: riətrəy
lang: Khmer
word: សាយណ្ហ
roman: saayan
lang: Khmer
word: សញ្ឈា
roman: sɑɑsɑñchiə
lang: Khmer
word: ពេលល្ងាច
roman: peil lngiəc
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: рыт
roman: ryt
lang: Korean
word: 저녁
roman: jeonyeok
lang: Kumyk
word: геч
roman: geç
lang: Kumyk
word: ахшам
roman: axşam
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئێوارە
roman: êware
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: êvar
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кеч
roman: kec
lang: Ladino
word: tadrada
lang: Ladino
word: tadre
lang: Lao
word: ຍາມແລງ
roman: nyām lǣng
lang: Latgalian
word: vokors
lang: Latin
word: vesper
lang: Latvian
word: vakars
lang: Laz
word: ლუმჯი
roman: lumci
lang: Laz
word: ლიმჯი
roman: limci
lang: Lezgi
word: няни
roman: näni
lang: Lithuanian
word: vakaras
lang: Livonian
word: ȭdõg
lang: Low German
word: Avend
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Owend
lang: Macedonian
word: вечер
roman: večer
lang: Malagasy
word: hariva
lang: Malay
word: petang
lang: Malayalam
word: സന്ധ്യ
roman: sandhya
lang: Maltese
word: għaxija
lang: Maltese
word: filgħaxija
lang: Manx
word: fastyr
lang: Māori
word: ahiahi
lang: Marathi
word: संध्याकाळ
roman: sandhyākāḷ
lang: Marathi
word: सांज
roman: sāñja
lang: Eastern Mari
word: кас
roman: kas
lang: Mazanderani
word: شوسری
roman: šuseri
lang: Mingrelian
word: ონჯუა
roman: onǯua
lang: Moksha
word: илядь
roman: iläď
lang: Mongolian
word: үдэш
roman: üdeš
lang: Mongolian
word: орой
roman: oroj
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠦᠳᠡᠰᠢ
roman: üdesi
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠣᠷᠤᠢ
roman: orui
lang: Navajo
word: iʼííʼą́
lang: Nepali
word: साँझ
roman: sā̃jh
lang: Norman
word: sé
lang: Norman
word: saer
lang: Norman
word: séthée
lang: Norman
word: seraïe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kveld
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: aften
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: aftan
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: eftan
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kveld
lang: Occitan
word: ser
lang: Occitan
word: seir
lang: Occitan
word: soir
lang: Occitan
word: vèspre
lang: Odia
word: ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା
roman: sandhyā
lang: Okinawan
word: ゆさんでぃ
roman: yusandi
lang: Church Slavic
word: вечеръ
roman: večerŭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⰲⰵⱍⰵⱃⱏ
roman: večerŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: вечеръ
roman: večerŭ
lang: Old Norse
word: kveld
lang: Old Norse
word: aptann
lang: Old Turkic
word: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀
lang: Ossetian
word: изӕр
roman: izær
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: вечар
roman: večar
lang: Pashto
word: ماښام
roman: mâẍâm
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شام
roman: šâm
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شامْگاه
roman: šâmgâh
lang: Iranian Persian
word: عَصْر
roman: asr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ایوار
roman: ivâr
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Owent
lang: Polabian
word: vicer
lang: Polish
word: wieczór
lang: Portuguese
word: noite
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸ਼ਾਮ
roman: śām
lang: Romagnol
word: sēra
lang: Romanian
word: seară
lang: Romansh
word: saira
lang: Romansh
word: sera
lang: Romansh
word: seira
lang: Russian
word: ве́чер
roman: véčer
lang: Russian
word: де́нь
roman: dénʹ
lang: Inari-Sami
word: eehid
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: jeä´ǩǩääž
lang: Sanskrit
word: संध्या
roman: saṃdhyā
lang: Sanskrit
word: सायंकाल
roman: sāyaṃkāla
lang: Sardinian
word: sera
lang: Sardinian
word: sero
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: feasgar
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ве̏че̄
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ве̏че̄р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vȅčē
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vȅčēr
lang: Shona
word: maneru
lang: Sicilian
word: sira
lang: Silesian
word: wieczōr
lang: Slovak
word: večer
lang: Slovene
word: večér
lang: Slovincian
word: wjêczór
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: wjacor
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: wječor
lang: Svan
word: ნა̈ბუზ
roman: näbuz
lang: Swahili
word: jioni
lang: Swedish
word: kväll
lang: Swedish
word: afton
lang: Tajik
word: шом
roman: šom
lang: Tamil
word: மாலை
roman: mālai
lang: Tarifit
word: tameddit
lang: Tatar
word: кич
roman: kiç
lang: Telugu
word: సాయంత్రం
roman: sāyantraṁ
lang: Telugu
word: సాయంకాలం
roman: sāyaṅkālaṁ
lang: Thai
word: เย็น
roman: yen
lang: Thai
word: ค่ำ
roman: kâm
lang: Tibetan
word: དགོང་དག
roman: dgong dag
lang: Tibetan
word: དགོང་མོ
roman: dgong mo
lang: Tibetan
word: དགོང་དྲོ
roman: dgong dro
lang: Tigrinya
word: ምሸት
roman: məšät
lang: Turkish
word: akşam
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آخشام
roman: akşam
lang: Turkmen
word: agşam
lang: Udmurt
word: ӝыт
roman: džyt
lang: Ukrainian
word: ве́чір
roman: véčir
lang: Urdu
word: شام
roman: śām
lang: Urdu
word: سَرِ شام
roman: sar-i śām
lang: Uyghur
word: ئاخشام
roman: axsham
lang: Uyghur
word: كەچ
roman: kech
lang: Uzbek
word: oqshom
lang: Uzbek
word: kech
lang: Uzbek
word: kechqurun
lang: Volapük
word: soar
lang: Welsh
word: noswaith
lang: Welsh
word: hwyr
lang: Welsh
word: noson
lang: Yaghnobi
word: шом
roman: šom
lang: Yakut
word: киэһэ
roman: kiehe
lang: Yiddish
word: אָוונט
roman: ovnt
lang: Zazaki
word: şon
lang: Zazaki
word: muxrub
lang: Zazaki
word: san (diq)
lang: Zhuang
word: daengzgaemh