[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English ǣfnung, from æfnian, corresponding to even (Etymology 3) + -ing.
[edit] Pronunciation
evening (plural evenings)
- The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
- 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.
- (figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
- It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
time of day
- Afrikaans: aand
- Albanian: mbrëmje
- Arabic: مساء (ar) (masaa') m.
- Egyptian Arabic: ليل (lel) m., مساء (masaʔ) m., آخر النهار (aaxer el nahar) m.
- Armenian: երեկո (hy) (ereko), (colloquial) իրիկուն (hy) (irikun)
- Old Armenian: երեկոյ (erekoy)
- Azeri: axşam (az)
- Belarusian: увечар (be) (uvéčar) m., ўвечар (be) (ŭvéčar) m., вечар (be) (véčar) m.
- Bengali: সন্ধ্যা (bn) (sandhyā)
- Bosnian: veče (bs) n., večer (bs) f.
- Bulgarian: вечер (bg) (véčer) m.
- Catalan: tarda (ca) f. (early evening), vespre (ca) m. (late evening)
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴷⴳⴳⵯⴰⵜ (tadggʷat), ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴷⴷⵉⵜ (tameddit) f.
- Chamicuro: chpos̈hka
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 晚上 (zh) (wǎnshang), 黃昏 (zh), 黄昏 (zh) (huánghūn)
- Coptic: ⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ (rouhe)
- Crimean Tatar: aqşam
- Croatian: večer (hr) f.
- Czech: večer (cs) m.
- Danish: aften (da)
- Dutch: avond (nl)
- Egyptian: mšrw
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- Erzya: чокшне
- Esperanto: vespero (eo)
- Estonian: õhtu (et)
- Faroese: kvøld (fo) n., aftan (fo) m.
- Finnish: ilta (fi)
- French: soir (fr) m.
- Georgian: საღამო (ka) (saḡamo)
- German: Abend (de) m.
- Greek: εσπέρα (el) (espéra) f., βράδυ (el) (vrádhy) n., δειλινό (el) (dhilinó) n.
- Greenlandic: unnuk (kl)
- Hebrew: ערב (he) (erev) m.
- Hindi: शाम (hi) (śām) f., विकाल (hi) (vikāl)
- Hungarian: este (hu)
- Icelandic: kvöld (is) n., kveld (is) n., aftann (is) m.
- Ido: vespero (io)
- Inari Sami: eehid
- Irish: tráthnóna (ga) m.
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- Italian: sera (it) f.
- Japanese: 夕方 (ja) (ゆうがた, yūgata), 夜 (ja) (よる, yoru)
- Korean: 저녁 (ko) (jeonyeok)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئێواره
- Latgalian: vokors
- Latin: vesper (la)
- Latvian: vakars (lv) m.
- Lithuanian: vakaras (lt) m.
- Livonian: ȭdõg
- Macedonian: вечер (mk) (véčer) m.
- Malay: petang (ms)
- Maltese: għaxija (mt), filgħaxija (mt)
- Manx: fastyr (gv) m.
- Norwegian: kveld (no)
- Okinawan: ゆさんでぃ (yusandi)
- Old Norse: kveld n., aptann m.
- Persian: شب (fa) (šab), عصر (fa) (asr), شام (fa) (šâm)
- Polish: wieczór (pl) m.
- Portuguese: tarde (pt), anoitecer (pt)
- Romanian: seară (ro)
- Romansch: saira (rm) f.
- Russian: вечер (ru) (véčer) m.
- Sanskrit: संध्या (sa) (sandhyā), सायंकाल (sa) (sāyaṃkāla)
- Scottish Gaelic: feasgar m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: вече (sr) n., вечер (sr) f.
- Roman: veče n., večer f.
- Shona: maneru
- Skolt Sami: jeä´ǩǩääž
- Slovak: večer (sk) m.
- Slovene: večer (sl) m.
- Spanish: tarde (es) f.
- Swahili: jioni (sw)
- Swedish: kväll (sv), afton (sv) (dated)
- Telugu: సాయంత్రం (saayamtram), సాయంకాలం (saayamkaalam)
- Thai: เย็น (th) (yen)
- Turkish: akşam (tr), suare (tr)
- Turkmen: agşam (tk)
- Ukrainian: вечір (uk) (véčir) m.
- Urdu: شام (ur) (śām) f., وكال (ur) (vakāl)
- Uyghur: ئاخشام (ug)
- Vietnamese: buổi chiều (vi), buổi tối (vi)
- Volapük: soar (vo)
- Welsh: noswaith, hwyr, noson (occasion)
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figurative: concluding time period
[edit] Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
[edit] Pronunciation
evening
- Present participle of even.
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