eve vs eventide what difference
what is difference between eve and eventide
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. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːv/
- Rhymes: -iːv
- Homophones: eave, Eve
Noun
eve (plural eves)
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
- (figuratively) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
- Antonyms: evening, winter
Synonyms
- (evening): een, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
Derived terms
- yestereve
Related terms
- evening
- even
Translations
Further reading
- eve at OneLook Dictionary Search
References
Anagrams
- EeV, Vee, vee
Aiwoo
Numeral
eve
- three
References
- 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.
Ewe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeve/
Numeral
eve
- two
Finnish
Noun
eve
- (slang) ecstasy (drug)
Declension
Synonyms
- ekstaasi
Anagrams
- vee
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
eve (present tense ever, past tense eva or evet, past participle eva or evet)
- (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one’s feet
References
- “eve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- Homophone: æve (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse efa, ifa. Confer also with earlier ivast.
Alternative forms
- (verb): eva (a- and split infinitives)
- (Aasen) æva, ivast
- (noun): (Aasen) Æve
Verb
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
Noun
eve m (definite singular even, indefinite plural evar, definite plural evane)
- doubt, uncertainty
Etymology 2
Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.
Alternative forms
- eva (non-standard since 2012)
Noun
eve f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever, definite plural evene)
- trace, rest
References
Old French
Etymology
Latin aqua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.wə/
Noun
eve f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)
- Alternative form of iaue; water
Rapa Nui
Noun
eve
- buttocks
Turkish
Noun
eve
- singular dative of ev
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English ǣfentīd, derived from ǣfen (“evening”) + tīd (“time”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈiːvənˌtaɪd/
Noun
eventide (plural eventides)
- (archaic, poetic) evening
Synonyms
- eve, even, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening