eve

See also: EVE, Eve, éve, and Ève

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.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːv
• Homophones: eave, eve, Eve

Noun

eve (plural eves)

1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2. Evening, night.
   • Mid-19th cent., John Clare, Autumn:

     I love to see the shaking twig

     Dance till the shut of eve

Related terms

• evening
• even

Translations

day or night before

• Armenian: նախօրյակ (naxōryak), նախօրե (naxōre), ճրագալույց (čragaluycʿ) (of Christmas, Epiphany and Easter)
• Bulgarian: навечерие n (navečerie)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: předvečer (cs) m
• Dutch: vooravond (nl) m, vigilie f
• Finnish: aatto (fi)
• French: vigile (fr) f, veille (fr) f
• German: Vorabend (de) m
• Italian: vigilia (it) f

• Japanese: 前夜 (ぜんや, zen'ya)
• Latin: vesper m
• Maltese: lejliet
• Portuguese: véspera (pt) f
• Romanian: ajun (ro) n, preziuă (ro) f
• Russian: канун (ru) m (kanún)
• Serbian: predvečerje (sh), predveče
• Spanish: víspera (es) f, vigilia (es) f
• Swedish: afton (sv) c
• Turkish: arefe (tr), akşam (tr)
• Volapük: büsoar (vo)

Verb

eve (third-person singular simple present eves, present participle eving, simple past and past participle eved)

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

Quotations

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

Anagrams

• EeV
• vee

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeve/

Numeral

eve

1. two

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Finnish

Noun

eve

1. (slang) ecstasy (drug)

Translations

Inflection of eve (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

		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		evelleˣ	eveilleˣ
essive		evenä	eveinä
translative		eveksi	eveiksi
instructive		—	evein
abessive		evettä	eveittä
comitative		—	eveineen

Synonyms

• ekstaasi

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Old French

Etymology

Latin aqua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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