soir
See also: sõir
French
Etymology
From Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-.
Pronunciation
- (Europe) IPA(key): /swaʁ/
audio (France) (file) - (standard Canadian French) IPA(key): /swɑːʁ/
- (Québec: Gaspésie and Acadia) IPA(key): /swɛː(ɾ)/
- (Québec: Montréal, joual) IPA(key): /swɛːʁ/, /sweʁ/
- (Québec: popular, informal) IPA(key): /swɔːʁ/
audio (Quebec) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /swar/, [swɒ(ɾ)]
- Homophone: seoir
- Rhymes: -waʁ
Noun
soir m (plural soirs)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “soir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
soir
Adverb
soir
Usage notes
- This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the east").
- The adjective is indeclinable in Irish
See also
Irish adverbs of direction and position
Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
---|---|---|---|
above, up | suas | thuas | anuas |
below, down | síos | thíos | aníos |
east | soir | thoir | anoir |
west/back | siar | thiar | aniar |
north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | aduaidh |
south | ó dheas | theas | aneas |
northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | anoir aduaidh |
northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | aniar aduaidh |
southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | anoir aneas |
southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | aniar aneas |
over there | sall | thall | anall |
over here | — | — | anonn |
inside | isteach | istigh | — |
outside | amach | amuigh | — |
Occitan
Etymology
Probably borrowed from French soir. Compare the inherited Occitan form ser, seir.
Noun
soir m (plural soirs)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).
Noun
soir oblique singular, m (oblique plural soirs, nominative singular soirs, nominative plural soir)
Descendants
Picard
Etymology
From Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).
Noun
soir m
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