eve

See also:Eve,EVE,éve,evé,Ève,Êve,andEʋe

English

Etymology

From a variant of theMiddle Englishnouneven(itself fromOld Englishǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection.See also the now archaic or poeticeven(“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^(key):/iːv/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-iːv
• Homophones:eave,Eve

Noun

eve(pluraleves)

1. The day or night before, usually used forholidays,such asChristmas Eve.
2. (archaic,poetic)Evening,night.
   • Mid-19th century,John Clare,Autumn:

     I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut ofeve

   • 1896,A[lfred] E[dward] Housman,chapter XXVII, inA Shropshire Lad,lines42–43:

     And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down ateve.

   • 2022November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, inRAIL,number971,page79:

     Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer'seve,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.

4. (figurative)The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced

   Antonyms:evening,winter

   theeveof a scientific discovery

Synonyms

• (evening):een,eventide,forenight;see alsoThesaurus:evening

Derived terms

• good eve
• yestereve

Related terms

• evening
• even

Translations

day or night before

• Armenian:նախօրյակ(hy)(naxōryak),նախօրե(hy)(naxōre),ճրագալույց(hy)(čragaluycʻ)(of Christmas, Epiphany and Easter)
• Azerbaijani:qabaq(az),ərəfə
• Bulgarian:навечериеn(navečerie)
• Catalan:vigília(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đêm trước(zh)(qiánxī),Đêm trước(zh)(qiányè)

• Czech:předvečer(cs)m
• Dutch:vooravond(nl)m,(Church)vigilie(nl)f
• Esperanto:antaŭvespero
• Finnish:aatto(fi)
• French:veille(fr)f
• Friulian:vilief
• Galician:vésperaf
• German:Vorabend(de)m
• Hebrew:עֶרֶב(he)m('érev)
• Hungarian:előeste(hu)
• Ingrian:aatto
• Italian:vigilia(it)f
• Japanese:Đêm trước(ja)(ぜんや, zen'ya)
• Ladin:ueiaf,veaf,vëiaf
• Ladino:arba
• Latin:vesperm
• Latvian:priekšvakarsm
• Ligurian:vigíliaf
• Lithuanian:ìšvakarės(lt)fpl
• Lombard:vigíliaf
• Maltese:lejliet
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:aften(no)m

• Old English:ǣfenm
• Piedmontese:vigiliaf
• Polish:wigilia(pl)f,przeddzień(pl)minan
• Portuguese:véspera(pt)f
• Romanian:ajun(ro)n,preziuă(ro)f
• Russian:кану́н(ru)m(kanún)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:предвечерје,предвече

  Roman:predvečerje(sh),predveče(sh)

• Spanish:víspera(es)f,vigilia(es)f
• Swedish:afton(sv)c
• Tagalog:bisperas
• Turkish:arefe(tr),akşam(tr)
• Ukrainian:передде́ньm(pereddénʹ)
• Urdu:رات(ur)f(rāt)
• Volapük:büsoar(vo)

period of time when something is about to happen

• Azerbaijani:qabaq(az),ərəfə
• Russian:кану́н(ru)m(kanún),преддве́рие(ru)m(preddvérije)

Further reading

• “eve”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• EeV,Vee,vee

Äiwoo

Numeral

eve

1. three

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, inOceanic Linguistics,volume46,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

Ewe cardinal numbers

< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal:eve Ordinal:evelia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈeve/

Numeral

eve

1. two

Finnish

Etymology

Slang, fromekstaasi(folk-etymologically connected with the nicknameEve,with which it is unrelated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈeʋe/,[ˈe̞ʋe̞]
• Rhymes:-eʋe
• Hyphenation^(key):eve

Noun

eve(slang)

1. ecstasy(drug)

Declension

Inflectionofeve(Kotustype 8/nalle,no gradation)
nominative		eve	evet
genitive		even	evejen
partitive		eveä	evejä
illative		eveen	eveihin
		singular	plural
nominative		eve	evet
accusative	nom.	eve	evet
	gen.	even
genitive		even	evejen eveinrare
partitive		eveä	evejä
inessive		evessä	eveissä
elative		evestä	eveistä
illative		eveen	eveihin
adessive		evellä	eveillä
ablative		eveltä	eveiltä
allative		evelle	eveille
essive		evenä	eveinä
translative		eveksi	eveiksi
abessive		evettä	eveittä
instructive		—	evein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive formsofeve(Kotustype 8/nalle,no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative eveni eveni accusative nom. eveni eveni gen. eveni genitive eveni evejeni eveinirare 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 eveisirare 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 eveimmerare 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 eveinnerare 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 eveinsärare 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 tenseever,past tenseevaorevet,past participleevaorevet)

1. (reflexive)towait,doubt,drag one's feet

References

• “eve”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• Homophone:æve

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseefa,ifa.Compare also with earlierivast.

Alternative forms

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

Verb

eve(present tenseevar,past tenseeva,past participleeva,passive infinitiveevast,present participleevande,imperativeeve/ev)

1. (reflexive)towait,doubt,drag one's feet

Noun

evem(definite singulareven,indefinite pluralevar,definite pluralevane)

1. doubt,uncertainty

Etymology 2

Related toeva(Etymology 2)andev.

Alternative forms

• eva(non-standard since2012)

Noun

evef(definite singulareva,indefinite pluralever,definite pluralevene)

1. trace,rest

Old French

Etymology

Latinaqua.

Noun

eveoblique singular,f(oblique pluraleves,nominative singulareve,nominative pluraleves)

1. Alternative form ofiaue;water

Rapa Nui

Noun

eve

1. buttocks

Turkish

Noun

eve

1. singulardativeofev

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• ev(southern zazaki)

Article

eve

1. the