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Etymology 1
OE. æfnung|ǣfnung, from æfnian, corresponding to even#Etymology 3|even (Etymology 3) + -ing.

Pronunciation
AHD|�v'nĭng, IPA|/�i�vnɪ�/, SAMPA|/"i:vnIN/
audio|en-us-evening (noun).ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
2. 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.
3. 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: ε��έ�α f (espéra), β�άδ� n (vrádhy), δειλιν� n (dhilinó)
Hebrew: ער� (erev) m
Hungarian: este#Hungarian|este :hu:este|°
Italian: sera#Italian|sera f :it:sera|°
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Japanese: �� (����, yūgata), ��� (���, higure); �年 (����, bannen), �� (���, makki)
Korean: �� (jeonyeok)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ��ار��
Latvian: vakars m
Livonian: ȭdõg
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)
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trans-top|figurative: concluding time period
Croatian: jesen f
Polish: zmierzch m :pl:zmierzch|°
trans-mid
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Etymology 2
Inflected forms.

Pronunciation
AHD|�'v�nĭng, IPA|/�i�v�nɪ�/, SAMPA|/"i:v@nIN/
audio|en-us-evening (participle).ogg|Audio (US)

Verb form
evening

1. present participle of|even

Category:English heteronyms
Category:Time

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• 2007-12-28 12:09 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[simple:evening]], [[sv:evening]]

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