soir

From Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-.

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /swaʁ/

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• (standard Canadian French) IPA^(key): /swɑːʁ/
• (Québec: Gaspésie and Acadia) IPA^(key): /swɛː(ɾ)/
• (Québec: Montréal, joual) IPA^(key): /swɛːʁ/, /sweʁ/
• (Québec: popular, informal) IPA^(key): /swɔːʁ/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /swar/, [swɒ(ɾ)]
• Homophone: seoir
• Rhymes: -waʁ

soir m (plural soirs)

1. evening

• bonsoir

• soirée

• “soir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• rois

• IPA^(key): /sˠɛɾʲ/

soir

1. (static position) east, eastern

soir

1. east, eastward

• This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the east").
• The adjective is indeclinable in Irish

Probably borrowed from French soir. Compare the inherited Occitan form ser, seir.

soir m (plural soirs)

1. evening

• seir
• ser

From earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).

soir m (oblique plural soirs, nominative singular soirs, nominative plural soir)

1. evening

• French: soir
• Norman: sei
• Picard: soir

From Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).

soir m

1. evening