soir

Meaning

evening

Concepts

evening

🌆

night

🌃

afternoon

early evening

evening

🌆

eventide

in the evening

eve

even

prayer

p.m.

dawn

nightfall

nighttime

noon

🕛

post meridiem

evenfall

vesper

arvo

afternoons

late afternoon

evening hour

close of business

nighttide

arvy

twilight

daytime

evetime

midafternoon

Synonyms

soirée

🌆

nuit

🌃

après-midi

crépuscule

prière

couchant

heure de fermeture

heure du soir

fermeture des bureaux

fin des travaux

saye

Pronounced as (IPA)

/swaʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Latin sērō (“late”, adverb), from sērus (“late”).

Sentences

Tout le monde est bien habillé ce soir .

Everyone is well dressed tonight.

Je n’ai pas eu le temps de regarder cela ce soir .

I didn't have time to watch this tonight.

Ce soir ils ne riront pas autant .

Tonight they won't laugh as much.

Lucien viendra ce soir vous dire adieu , brûlez ceci devant lui ...

Lucien will come tonight to say goodbye, burn this in front of him...