eve
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eve (plural eves)
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
- Mid-19th century, Clare, John, Autumn:
- I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve
- 1896, Housman, A[lfred] E[dward], chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42-43:
- And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.
- (figuratively) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
SynonymsEdit
- (evening): een, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
day or night before
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Further readingEdit
- eve at OneLook Dictionary Search
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “eve” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
AnagramsEdit
AiwooEdit
NumeralEdit
eve
ReferencesEdit
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
EweEdit
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : eve Ordinal : evelia | ||
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
eve
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
eve
- (slang) ecstasy (drug)
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | evein | |
| abessive | evettä | eveittä | |
| comitative | — | eveineen | |
| Possessive forms of eve (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | eveni | evemme |
| 2nd person | evesi | evenne |
| 3rd person | evensä | |
SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
eve (present tense ever, past tense eva or evet, past participle eva or evet)
- (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet
ReferencesEdit
- “eve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse efa, ifa.[1] Confer also with earlier ivast.
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
eve (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative ev)
- (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet
NounEdit
eve m (definite singular even, indefinite plural evar, definite plural evane)
Etymology 2Edit
Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.[1]
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
eve f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever, definite plural evene)
ReferencesEdit
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eve f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)
Rapa NuiEdit
NounEdit
eve
TurkishEdit
NounEdit
eve