evening
English
/ˈiːvnɪŋ/, /ˈivnɪŋ/, /ˈiːvənɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- A party or gathering held in the evening.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English evening inherited from Old English ǣfnung derived from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (evening) suffix from English even (evening).
Origin
English
even
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
- anent English
- even English
- even-minded English
- even-weave English
- evendown English
- evenest English
- evenfall English
- evenhood English
- eveninger English
- eveningful English
- eveningless English
- eveninglike English
- eveningness English
- evenings English
- eveningwear English
- evenish English
- evenlight English
- evenlong English
- evenly English
- evenness English
- evensong English
- evenward English
- evenweave English
- midevening English
- noneven English
- uneven English
- yestereve English
- yestereven English
- yesterevening English
- *epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *ēbanþs Proto-Germanic
- æfen Old English
- ǣfnung Old English
- even Middle English
- evening Middle English
- aptann Old Norse
- aband Old High German
- āband Old High German
- āvand Old High German
- āvont Old Dutch
- avand Old Saxon
- aƀand Old Saxon
- āvand Old Saxon
- ivning Tok Pisin