English
Etymology
An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".
Pronunciation
Noun
good evening
Used as a greeting in the evening
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Translations
greeting said in the evening
Abkhaz: уа, хәылбзиа ( wa, xʷəlbzja )
Afrikaans: goeie naand (af)
Albanian: mirëmbrëma (sq)
Arabic: مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر ( masāʔ al-ḵayr ) , مَسَاء اَلنُّور ( masāʔ an-nūr ) ( as a reply )
Hijazi Arabic: مَسَاء الخير ( masāʾ al-ḵēr ) , مَسَاء اَلنُّور ( masāʾ an-nūr ) ( as a reply )
North Levantine Arabic: مسا الخير ( masā l-ḵayr ) , مسا النور ( masā n-nūr ) ( as a reply ) ; سعيده ( sʿīdi ) , يسعد هالمسا ( yisʿud ha-l-masa ) ( as a reply )
Armenian: բարի երեկո ( bari ereko )
Asturian: bones tardes
Azerbaijani: axşamın xeyir axşamınız xeyir pl
Belarusian: до́бры ве́чар ( dóbry vjéčar )
Bulgarian: до́бър ве́чер ( dóbǎr véčer )
Catalan: bon vespre (ca)
Cebuano: maayong gabii
Chechen: суьйре дика йойла ( süüre dika jojla )
Chichewa: ( greeting ) mwachoma bwanji ( response ) ndachoma bwino
Chinese:
Mandarin: 晚上好 (zh) ( wǎnshàng hǎo ) , 晚安 (zh) ( wǎn'ān )
Classical Syriac: ܒܪܝܟ ܪܡܫܐ
Czech: dobrý večer (cs)
Danish: godaften (da)
Dutch: goedenavond (nl)
Esperanto: bonan vesperon
Estonian: tere õhtust (et) , õhtust
Ewe: fiẽ
Faroese: gott kvøld
Finnish: hyvää iltaa (fi) , iltaa
French: bonsoir (fr)
Friulian: buine sere
Galician: boa noite f
Georgian: საღამო მშვიდობისა ( saɣamo mšvidobisa )
German: guten Abend (de)
Alemannic German: gueten Abig
Greek: καλησπέρα (el) ( kalispéra ) , καλό βράδυ ( kaló vrády )
Greenlandic: godaften
Hawaiian: aloha ahiahi
Hebrew: עֶרֶב טוֹב (he) ( érev tov )
Hiligaynon: maayong gab-i
Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) ( namaste ) , गुड ईवनिंग ( guḍ īvniṅg )
Hungarian: jó estét (hu) , jó estét kívánok (hu)
Icelandic: gott kvöld (is)
Ido: bona vespero
Indonesian: selamat malam (id)
Irish: tráthnóna maith agat
Italian: buona sera buonasera (it)
Japanese: 今晩は (ja) ( こんばんは, konban wa ) , お晩です ( o-ban desu ) ( Tohoku )
Javanese: sugeng dalu ( after 8pm ) , sugeng sonten ( before 8pm )
Karelian: hyviä ildua
Kazakh: қайырлы кеш ( qaiyrly keş )
Khmer: សាយណ្ណសួស្ដី ( saaynnɑ suəsdəy )
Korean: 안녕하세요 (ko) ( annyeong-haseyo ) ( generic greeting )
Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Latvian: labvakar labs vakars
Lithuanian: labas vakaras
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Luo: oimore
Luxembourgish: gudden Owend
Macedonian: добровечер ( dobrovečer )
Malay:
Jawi: سلامت ڤتڠ
Rumi: selamat petang
Maltese: il-lejla t-tajba bonasira
Mongolian: оройн мэнд ( orojn mend )
Navajo: yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́ nizhónígo hííłchʼįʼ neeʼaʼdooleeł
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god kveld (no) , god aften
Nynorsk: god kveld
Occitan: bon vèspre bonser (oc)
Old English: gōdne ǣfen
Palauan: ungil kebesengei
Persian: عصر بخیر (fa) ( asr bexeyr )
Plautdietsch: gooden Owent
Polish: dobry wieczór (pl)
Portuguese: boa noite (pt)
Romanian: bună seara (ro)
Romansch: buna saira
Romblomanon: maayo nga gabii
Russian: до́брый ве́чер (ru) ( dóbryj véčer )
Sami:
Inari: pyeri eehid
Northern: buorrẹ eahkẹt
Skolt: šiõǥǥ jeä´ǩǩää
Southern: buerie iehkede
Scottish Gaelic: feasgar math
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: добро вече добра вечер
Roman: dobro veče dobra večer
Shona: maneru
Slovak: dobrý večer
Slovene: dober večer
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dobry wjacor
Upper Sorbian: dobry wječor
Spanish: buenas noches (es) f pl buenas tardes (es) f pl
Swahili: habari ya jioni
Swedish: god kväll (sv) , god afton (sv)
Tagalog: magandang gabi
Thai: สวัสดี (th) ( sà-wàt-dii ) , สายัณห์สวัสดิ์ ( sǎa-yan-sà-wàt )
Turkish: iyi akşamlar tünaydın (tr)
Udmurt: ӟеч ӝытэн ( dźeć džyten )
Ukrainian: до́брий ве́чір ( dóbryj véčir )
Vietnamese: chào buổi tối xin chào buổi tối
Volapük: soari gudik
Welsh: noswaith dda
West Frisian: goejûn jûn
Westrobothnian: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Winnebago: hoxjąną pį
Yiddish: אַ גוטן אָוונט ( a gutn ovnt )
Yucatec Maya: ma'alob 'aak'ab
Zulu: sawubona (zu) ( familiar ) , sanibonani ( plural, respectful )
