eve

See also Eve, and Ève

English

Etymology

From Middle English, compare the noun even

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

eve (plural eves)

1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2. Evening, night.

Verb

eve (third-person singular simple present eves, present participle eveing, simple past and past participle eveed)

1. To come before something, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

day or night before

• Bulgarian: навечерие (bg) (navečerie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前夕 (cmn) (qiánxī), 前夜 (cmn) (qiányè)

• Czech: předvečer (cs) m
• Dutch: vooravond (nl) m, vigilie (nl) f
• Finnish: aatto (fi)
• French: vigile (fr) f, veille (fr) f
• German: Vorabend (de) m
• Italian: vigilia (it) f
• Japanese: 前夜 (ja) (ぜんや, zen'ya)

• Latin: vesper (la) m
• Maltese: lejliet
• Portuguese: véspera (pt) f
• Russian: канун (ru) (kanún) m
• Serbian: predvečerje, predveče
• Spanish: víspera (es) f, vigilia (es) f
• Swedish: afton (sv) c
• Turkish: arefe (tr), akşam (tr)
• Volapük: büsoar (vo)

New year's eve feast

• French: réveillon (fr)
• Latin: vespera (la) f, vesper (la) m

• Portuguese: reveillon (pt)

Anagrams

• EeV
• vee

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeve/, X-SAMPA: /"EvE/

Numeral

eve

1. two

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Old French

Etymology

Latin aqua.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛvə/

Noun

eve f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)

1. Alternative form of iaue; water

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Turkish

Noun

eve

1. singular dative of ev