eve
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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. [1] See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eve (plural eves)
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
- Mid-19th cent., John Clare, Autumn:
- I love to see the shaking twig
- Dance till the shut of eve
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, line 42-43
- has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.
- Mid-19th cent., John Clare, Autumn:
- (figuratively) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced.
- the eve of a scientific discovery
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Translations[edit]
day or night before
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References[edit]
- eve at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
Ewe[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
eve
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
eve
- (slang) ecstasy (drug)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of eve (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
instructive | — | evein | |
abessive | evettä | eveittä | |
comitative | — | eveineen |
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Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
eve f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
eve
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