English
rank|mark|followed|fear|427|evening|ground|understand|fine
Etymology 1
OE. æfnung|ǣfnung, from æfnian, corresponding to even#Etymology 3|even (Etymology 3) + -ing.
Pronunciation
AHD|Ä�v'nÄng, IPA|/Ë�iË�vnɪÅ�/, SAMPA|/"i:vnIN/
audio|en-us-evening (noun).ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
Derived terms
evening star
Related terms
eve
even
Translations
trans-top|time of day
Afrikaans: aand
Albanian: mbrëmje
Arabic: Arab|�ساء (maš��) m
Bosnian: ve�e#Bosnian|ve�e n, ve�er#Bosnian|ve�er f
Catalan: tarda f (early evening) :ca:tarda|(ca); vespre m (late evening) :ca:vespre|(ca)
Chinese: �� (w�nshang), �� (huánghūn)
Croatian: ve�er f
Danish: aften
Dutch: avond
Esperanto: vespero
Estonian: õhtu
Finnish: ilta
French: soir f :fr:soir|°
German: Abend m :de:Abend|°
Greek: εÏ�Ï�ÎÏ�α f (espéra), βÏ�άδÏ� n (vrádhy), δειλινÏ� n (dhilinó)
Hebrew: ער� (erev) m
Hungarian: este#Hungarian|este :hu:este|°
Italian: sera#Italian|sera f :it:sera|°
trans-mid
Japanese: å¤�æ�¹ (ã��ã��ã��ã��, yÅ«gata), æ�¥æ�®ã�� (ã�²ã��ã��, higure); æ�©å¹´ (ã�°ã��ã�ã��, bannen), æ�«æ�� (ã�¾ã�£ã��, makki)
Korean: ì �ë�� (jeonyeok)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ��ار��
Latvian: vakars m
Livonian: Èdõg
Maltese: għaxija, filgħaxija
Norwegian: kveld :no:kveld|°
Polish: wieczór m :pl:wieczór|°
Russian: ве�е� (vé�er) m :ru:ве�е�|°
Scottish Gaelic: feasgar m
Serbian:
Shona: maneru
Slovene: ve�er m
Spanish: tarde f :es:tarde|°
Swedish: kväll :sv:kväll|°, afton :sv:afton|° (dated)
Tamazight: �ⴰ�ⴻⴷⴷ�� (tameddit) f
Telugu: సాయ�త�ర� (saayamtram), సాయ��ాల� (saayamkaalam)
Welsh: noswaith, hwyr, noson (occasion)
trans-bottom
trans-top|figurative: concluding time period
Croatian: jesen f
Polish: zmierzch m :pl:zmierzch|°
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Pronunciation
AHD|Ä�'vÉ�nÄng, IPA|/Ë�iË�vÉ�nɪÅ�/, SAMPA|/"i:v@nIN/
audio|en-us-evening (participle).ogg|Audio (US)
Verb form
evening
- present participle of|even
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