eve
English
Etymology
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.
Noun
eve (plural eves)
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
- Mid-19th cent., John Clare, Autumn:
- I love to see the shaking twig
- Dance till the shut of eve
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, line 42-43
- has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.
- Mid-19th cent., John Clare, Autumn:
- (figuratively) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced.
- the eve of a scientific discovery
Derived terms
Translations
day or night before
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References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Finnish
Noun
eve
- (slang) ecstasy (drug)
Declension
| 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 | |
Synonyms
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.wə/
Turkish
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