eve
English
/iːv/
noun
Definitions
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- (archaic) Evening, night.
- (figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ǣfen (evening).
Origin
Old English
ǣfen
Gloss
evening
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夕, 晩
Emoji
🌆
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- All Hallows' Eve English
- all English
- evejar English
- evetide English
- evetime English
- hallow English
- jar English
- tide English
- time English
- Abend German
- Abendblatt German
- Abendbrot German
- Abenddämmerung German
- Abendessen German
- Abendgebet German
- Abendkasse German
- Abendkleid German
- Abendland German
- Abendlied German
- Abendluft German
- Abendmahl German
- Abendmahlzeit German
- Abendroth German
- Abendsonne German
- Abendstern German
- Christabend German
- Elternabend German
- Feierabend German
- Heiligabend German
- Lebensabend German
- Polterabend German
- Vorabend German
- Weihnachtsabend German
- abendessen German
- abendlich German
- abendwärts German
- giestranæfen Old English
- æfenglom Old English
- æfensteorra Old English
- æfnian Old English
- ǣfen Old English
- fyraften Danish
- āvand Old High German
- ābent Middle High German
- Owend Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Owendiessen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch