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eve

See also: Eve, EVE, éve, evé, Ève, Êve, and Eʋe

English edit

Etymology edit

From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection.[1] See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.

In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

eve (plural eves)

  1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
  2. (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
    • Mid-19th century, John Clare, Autumn:
      I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve
    • 1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42–43:
      And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.
    • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:
      Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.
  4. (figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
    Antonyms: evening, winter
    the eve of a scientific discovery

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Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ “eve”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading edit

  • “eve”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams edit

Aiwoo edit

Numeral edit

eve

  1. three

References edit

Ewe edit

Ewe cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : eve
    Ordinal : evelia

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

eve

  1. two

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Slang, from ekstaasi (folk-etymologically connected with the nickname Eve, with which it is unrelated)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeʋe/, [ˈe̞ʋe̞]
  • Rhymes: -eʋe
  • Syllabification(key): e‧ve

Noun edit

eve (slang)

  1. ecstasy (drug)

Declension edit

Inflection of eve (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative eve evet
genitive even evejen
partitive eveä evejä
illative eveen eveihin
singular plural
nominative eve evet
accusative nom. eve evet
gen. even
genitive even evejen
eveinrare
partitive eveä evejä
inessive evessä eveissä
elative evestä eveistä
illative eveen eveihin
adessive evellä eveillä
ablative eveltä eveiltä
allative evelle eveille
essive evenä eveinä
translative eveksi eveiksi
abessive evettä eveittä
instructive — evein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of eve (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative eveni eveni
accusative nom. eveni eveni
gen. eveni
genitive eveni evejeni
eveinirare
partitive eveäni evejäni
inessive evessäni eveissäni
elative evestäni eveistäni
illative eveeni eveihini
adessive evelläni eveilläni
ablative eveltäni eveiltäni
allative evelleni eveilleni
essive evenäni eveinäni
translative evekseni eveikseni
abessive evettäni eveittäni
instructive — —
comitative — eveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative evesi evesi
accusative nom. evesi evesi
gen. evesi
genitive evesi evejesi
eveisirare
partitive eveäsi evejäsi
inessive evessäsi eveissäsi
elative evestäsi eveistäsi
illative eveesi eveihisi
adessive evelläsi eveilläsi
ablative eveltäsi eveiltäsi
allative evellesi eveillesi
essive evenäsi eveinäsi
translative eveksesi eveiksesi
abessive evettäsi eveittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — eveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative evemme evemme
accusative nom. evemme evemme
gen. evemme
genitive evemme evejemme
eveimmerare
partitive eveämme evejämme
inessive evessämme eveissämme
elative evestämme eveistämme
illative eveemme eveihimme
adessive evellämme eveillämme
ablative eveltämme eveiltämme
allative evellemme eveillemme
essive evenämme eveinämme
translative eveksemme eveiksemme
abessive evettämme eveittämme
instructive — —
comitative — eveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative evenne evenne
accusative nom. evenne evenne
gen. evenne
genitive evenne evejenne
eveinnerare
partitive eveänne evejänne
inessive evessänne eveissänne
elative evestänne eveistänne
illative eveenne eveihinne
adessive evellänne eveillänne
ablative eveltänne eveiltänne
allative evellenne eveillenne
essive evenänne eveinänne
translative eveksenne eveiksenne
abessive evettänne eveittänne
instructive — —
comitative — eveinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative evensä evensä
accusative nom. evensä evensä
gen. evensä
genitive evensä evejensä
eveinsärare
partitive eveään
eveänsä 		evejään
evejänsä
inessive evessään
evessänsä 		eveissään
eveissänsä
elative evestään
evestänsä 		eveistään
eveistänsä
illative eveensä eveihinsä
adessive evellään
evellänsä 		eveillään
eveillänsä
ablative eveltään
eveltänsä 		eveiltään
eveiltänsä
allative evelleen
evellensä 		eveilleen
eveillensä
essive evenään
evenänsä 		eveinään
eveinänsä
translative evekseen
eveksensä 		eveikseen
eveiksensä
abessive evettään
evettänsä 		eveittään
eveittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — eveineen
eveinensä

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Anagrams edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Verb edit

eve (present tense ever, past tense eva or evet, past participle eva or evet)

  1. (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse efa, ifa.[1] Compare also with earlier ivast.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

eve (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative eve/ev)

  1. (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet

Noun edit

eve m (definite singular even, indefinite plural evar, definite plural evane)

  1. doubt, uncertainty

Etymology 2 edit

Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.[1]

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

eve f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever, definite plural evene)

  1. trace, rest

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “eve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. ^ Ivar Aasen (1850) “æva”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
  3. ^ Ivar Aasen (1850) “Æve”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old French edit

Etymology edit

Latin aqua.

Noun edit

eve oblique singular, f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)

  1. Alternative form of iaue; water

Rapa Nui edit

Noun edit

eve

  1. buttocks

Turkish edit

Noun edit

eve

  1. singular dative of ev

Zazaki edit

Alternative forms edit

  • ev (southern zazaki)

Article edit

eve

  1. the
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