vesper

Meaning

1. (declension-2, declension-3) the evening or vespers
2. (declension-2, declension-3) supper, dinner (evening meal)
3. (broadly, declension-2, declension-3) the evening star
4. (broadly, declension-2, declension-3) the West

Concepts

evening

🌆

west

afternoon

West

night

🌃

eve

even

evening star

nightfall

nighttime

noon

🕛

p.m.

post meridiem

vesper

arvo

late afternoon

nighttide

arvy

evetime

afternoons

dawn

daytime

early evening

evenfall

eventide

midafternoon

Synonyms

vespera

🌆

occidens

occasus

vesper-

nox

🌃

veßpera

postmeridianus dies

postmeridianum tempus

Translations

Abend

🌆

sera

🌆

avond

🌆

soir

🌆

tarde

tarde

vespre

akşam

🌆

soirée

🌆

noite

🌃

βράδυ

tarda

Westen

مساء

🌆

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwɛs.pɛr]

Etymology

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos), Old Church Slavonic вєчєръ (večerŭ) and Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer).