eve
Meaning
- 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
Opposite of
evening, winter
Synonyms
Translations
vigilia
veille
víspera
Vorabend
véspera
vooravond
akşam
παραμονή
vespreFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/iːv/
Etymology
In summary
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. 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".
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