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Definition: Evening |
EveningNoun1. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake". 2. A later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire". 3. The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "evening" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Evening the period following sunset with which the Jewish day began (Gen. 1:5; Mark 13:35). The Hebrews reckoned two evenings of each day, as appears from Ex. 16:12: 30:8; 12:6 (marg.); Lev. 23:5 (marg. R.V., "between the two evenings"). The "first evening" was that period when the sun was verging towards setting, and the "second evening" the moment of actual sunset. The word "evenings" in Jer. 5:6 should be "deserts" (marg. R.V.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that evening is about you, denotes unrealized hopes, and you will make unfortunate ventures. To see stars shining out clear, denotes present distress, but brighter fortune is behind your trouble. For lovers to walk in the evening, denotes separation by the death of one. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EveningSynonyms: eve (n), eventide (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evening | Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun,Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun, cock- shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime. |
Fashion | In court, in full dress, in evening dress; en grande tenue; (ornament). |
Morning | Hr. "at shut of evening flowers"; entre chien et loup; "flames in the forehead of the morning sky"; "the breezy call of incense-breathing morn". |
Ostentation | Dress; court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress; tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage. |
Sociality | Party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione, soiree, matin_e; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carr_e, dish of tea, ridotto, rout; housewarming; ball, festival; smoker, smoker-party;sociable, stag party, hen party, tamasha; tea-party, tea-fight. (amusement); " the feast of reason and the flow of soul ". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Some lucky boy's about to hit the honey pot. The winner will receive an evening of my company (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) I woke the next evening with a hunger I had never felt (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) What's on the menu this evening sir (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) Every evening I died, and every evening I was born again, resurrected (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) I was a stand-up tomato: a juicy, sexy, beefsteak tomato! Nobody does vegetables like me! I did an evening of vegetables off-Broadway (Tootsie; writing credit: Larry Gelbart; Don McGuire) | |
Lyrics | Well it's late in the evening, and the music's seeping through (Late In The Evening; performing artist: Paul Simon) On an evening such as this (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) Watching the candle flicker out in the evening glow (Ghost Of You And Me; performing artist: BBMak) I get up in the evening, and I ain't got nothing to say (DANCING IN THE DARK; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) They got it late in the evening (Hush; performing artist: Deep Purple) | |
Clever | A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. (references; author: unknown) The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility. (references; author: unknown) At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. (references; author: unknown) This evening at 7 P.M., there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002) Evening at Symphony (1974) An Evening with Chris Jangaard (1974) Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition (1971) Evening at Pops (1970) | |
Song Titles | Late In The Evening (performing artist: Paul Simon) | |
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 | A rocky island on the east side of Penobscot Bay Reflections on a still summer evening. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | An evening view to the east after a steady rain. The light area is an optical effect as the sun was setting to the west behind the photographer. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Evening silhouette of an osprey perched in a dead tree. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | "A Quiet Evening on the Barrier". In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 78. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The galley slave getting ready to prepare the evening meal. Aboard the headboat YANKEE CAPTAIN out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |  | A large fishing vessel leaving Dutch Harbor on a gray, cold, windy evening. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Looking down over lakes in the evening light. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | Silhouette of hills against the evening sky. Credit: Merv Coleman. |
 | Church of the Transfiguration (1714), west view, evening, Kizhi Island, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. |  | Pogost ensemble, Church of the Transfiguration (1714) (left); bell tower (19th century); Church of the Intercession (1764), west view, evening, Kizhi Island, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Evening at Pike Lake" by Jørgen Anker Commentary: "Captured in the fading light of a fine day in Sweden." | "Evening sun" by Jan Sundstedt Commentary: "Evening sun in north western Denmark." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Arthur Rimbaud | One evening I sat Beauty on my knees --And I found her bitter --And I reviled her. |
Christopher Marlowe | O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars. |
Jean Paul Richter | Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. |
John Milton | At shut of evening flowers. |
Joubert | The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it. |
President Abraham Lincoln | We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face. |
St. John of the Cross | In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone. |
William Blake | Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | He had reached Randalls the evening before |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | And he steadily resisted all my attempts to return to the subject of Lady Muriel until the evening had almost worn itself away |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In the evening she went out, and took the direction of the Rue de Paris where the inns are. |
Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | Renton knows how difficult it is. He'd spent many an evening practising the skill in front of the mirror, but both brows kept elevating simultaneously |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | This evening we shall consider for a few moments the nature of the spiritual torments of hell |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He stood up and walked forlornly away in the evening. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Stay indoors at dawn, dusk, and in the early evening. (references) | |
The symptoms are worse in the evening and during the night. (references) | ||
I can have _____ ounce(s) of ______________ in the evening. (references) | ||
Business | The average reader spends 25 minutes reading evening dailies. (references) | |
Travel agent functions should be held in the early evening, after work hours. (references) | ||
People with lower education read more evening press than people with moderate or high education. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ghana | He was released that evening on bail of $7,350 (50 million cedis). (references) |
Georgia | Rustavi-2 has a network of 15 stations, 5 of which broadcast Rustavi-2's evening news program daily. (references) | |
Cuba | The owner of the library, Ricardo Gonzalez, was detained early in the morning and released that evening. (references) | |
Economic History | New Zealand | Eight of these are morning newspapers and 20 are published in the evening. (references) |
Ireland | The Irish Independent (morning) has the largest circulation, followed by the Evening Herald. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Radio Bangladesh broadcasts over 20 hours per day; BTV broadcasts primarily in the afternoon and evening. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | The settler had lost his way and entered Area A in Jericho that evening. (references) |
Tunisia | Defense attorneys reported that some clients must sign in four or five times daily, at times that are determined only the previous evening. (references) | |
Cameroon | On July 1, police arrested and detained overnight at the Douala Central police precinct approximately 60 persons who were leaving the Douala Cathedral after the evening Mass. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | The same evening a group of skinheads attacked two men aged who were neither foreigners nor Roma; they were hospitalized with serious injuries. (references) |
Political Rights | Honduras | On November 24, gunmen shot at the Liberal Party headquarters in San Pedro Sula late in the evening, but no one was in the headquarters and no one was injured. (references) |
Tanzania | The Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) stopped balloting and counting throughout Zanzibar at 5:30 in the evening, even in locations that did not have ballot shortages. (references) | |
Travel | Finland | Potatoes are a main staple and accompany most evening dishes. (references) |
Singapore | Evening dinner-dress is a shirt and tie for men, a dress for women. (references) | |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa's weather is tropical by day and somewhat cooler in the early morning and evening. (references) | |
Women | Ghana | There were more than 30 murders between 1993 and 2000, which were referred to as "serial murders." Police instituted evening roadblocks throughout Accra in an attempt to catch the murderers. (references) |
Worker Rights | Singapore | Most maids work 6 days per week from very early morning until late in the evening. (references) |
Philippines | Children in the "entertainment industry" work long (10 to 12), odd hours from evening until early morning. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus; a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself; who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a dog; then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star. Master of mysteries and lord of law, high-pinnacled upon the throne of thought, his face suffused with the dim splendors of the Transfiguration, his legs intertwisted and his tongue a-cheek, the editor spills his will along the paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos. O, the Lord of Law on the Throne of Thought, A gilded impostor is he. Of shreds and patches his robes are wrought, His crown is brass, Himself an ass, And his power is fiddle-dee-dee. Prankily, crankily prating of naught, Silly old quilly old Monarch of Thought. Public opinion's camp-follower he, Thundering, blundering, plundering free. Affected, Ungracious, Suspected, Mendacious, Respected contemporaree! J.H. Bumbleshook |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dan Rather | We are resolute. We will not flinch. We will not bend. We will not swerve. We will get out a first class evening news broadcast this evening. |
Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry | Well, our government had arranged, once we were released from the prison in Ghazni, we made contact with them, and they let us know that they were going to come in that evening to take us out. |
Walter Cronkite | Good evening from Paris. Tonight, this broadcast originates from outside the United States for the first time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Later this week, I shall submit a special message which I reviewed with the leadership this evening containing a proposal that has been reduced and has modified the Commission's recommendation to some extent on the congressional salaries. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | For more than a quarter of a century in public life, I have shared in the turbulent history of this evening. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Now, there's another great heritage to speak of this evening. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I know that this evening I have asked a lot of Congress, and even more from America. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Evening" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.60% of the time. "Evening" is used about 13,660 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.6% | 13,195 | 692 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.39% | 464 | 12,682 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13,660 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "evening". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Arabia | N/A | Biblical | Evening |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "evening": change into evening dress ♦ common evening primrose ♦ dressed in evening dress ♦ early evening ♦ early in the evening ♦ evening activities ♦ evening at home ♦ evening bag ♦ evening before ♦ evening civil twilight ♦ evening class ♦ evening clothes ♦ evening dress ♦ evening entertainment ♦ Evening flower ♦ evening gathering ♦ evening gown ♦ Evening grosbeak ♦ evening lychnis ♦ evening meal ♦ evening out ♦ evening paper ♦ evening party ♦ evening prayer ♦ evening prayers ♦ Evening Primrose ♦ Evening Primrose Oil ♦ evening school ♦ evening service during passion week ♦ Evening Shade ♦ evening shift ♦ evening shirt ♦ evening star ♦ evening trumpet flower ♦ evening twilight ♦ evening work ♦ gala evening ♦ good evening ♦ in evening dress ♦ in the early evening ♦ in the evening ♦ last evening ♦ late evening ♦ monday evening ♦ of an evening ♦ permanent evening work ♦ pleasant evening ♦ quiet evening ♦ spoil the evening for smb. ♦ The evening star ♦ this evening ♦ tomorrow evening ♦ yesterday evening. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "evening": evening-class, evening-coated, evening-dress, evening-gowns, evening-long, evening-out, evening-paper, evening-primrose family, evening-snow, evening-star, evening-time. | |
Ending with "evening": early-evening, mid-evening. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
evening dress | 2,738 | saturday evening post | 129 |
evening gown | 2,676 | plus size evening wear | 121 |
evening wear | 1,742 | evening hanover sun | 120 |
evening news salem | 615 | formal evening gown | 112 |
evening primrose oil | 510 | designer evening gown | 105 |
monroe evening news | 383 | evening london standard | 104 |
evening telegram | 383 | stopping by wood on a snowy evening | 92 |
evening primrose | 342 | edinburgh evening news | 83 |
evening standard | 251 | plus size evening gown | 79 |
evening bag | 240 | maternity evening wear | 78 |
sexy evening dress | 220 | evening news | 75 |
evening shoes | 199 | evening tribune | 75 |
evening times | 190 | evening purse | 74 |
evening star | 182 | evening magazine | 74 |
buffalo evening news | 175 | evening handbag | 71 |
family home evening | 148 | womens evening wear | 71 |
evening sun | 143 | plus size evening dress | 68 |
manchester evening news | 139 | hornell evening tribune | 67 |
ada evening news | 136 | romantic evening | 66 |
an evening with | 130 | cadillac evening news | 65 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "evening"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Venus (Evening Star, Venus), awend, Aandster (Evening Star, Venus), aand (drive). (various references) | |
Albanian | mbrëmje (dew-fall, even, eventide, get together, night, soiree, vesper). (various references) | |
Arabic | مغيب, مساء (eve), غروب, سهرة (party, soiree), المساء (dusk), أصيل (genuine, original, proper, purebred, quaint, sincere, thoroughbred, trueborn, well bred). (various references) | |
Bavarian | guadnamd (good evening). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вечер (eve, even, evenings, eventide, night, nightfall, vesper), нивелиране, изравняване (aligning, alignment, equalization, equation, flattening). (various references) | |
Catalan | tarda. (various references) | |
Chinese | 黃昏 (dusk, nightfall), 晚上, 晚 (late, night), 暮 (sunset), 旰 (sunset), 夕 (dusk). (various references) | |
Cornish | gorthewer. (various references) | |
Croatian | veèer. (various references) | |
Czech | veèer (in the evening, night, vespers). (various references) | |
Danish | aften. (various references) | |
Dutch | avond. (various references) | |
Esperanto | vesperon, vespero, vespere (in the evening), distra vespero (party). (various references) | |
Estonian | õhtust. (various references) | |
Faeroese | kvøld. (various references) | |
Farsi | غروب (Night, Sundown), سرشب . (various references) | |
Finnish | ilta. (various references) | |
Flemish | vanavond (this evening), goedenavond (good evening). (various references) | |
French | soir (eve), soirée. (various references) | |
French Canadian | soir. (various references) | |
Frisian | jûntiid, jûn. (various references) | |
German | abend (eve, even, night, West), abendlich (nightly). (various references) | |
Greek | βράδι, βράδυ (night), βραδιάτικοσ, εσπέρα (vesper). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | aswè. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | mbrëmje. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעריב (evening prayer), חליפת ערב (dinner jacket, evening dress, tuxedo), דמדומי ערבים (evening twilight, twilight). (various references) | |
Hungarian | este (eve, in the evening, night, sundown, vesper). (various references) | |
Icelandic | kvöld. (various references) | |
Indonesian | malam (eve, night, parrafin), isya. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | unnuk. (various references) | |
Irish | tráthnóna. (various references) | |
Italian | sera (even, eventide, night, vesper). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 宵 (early night hours), 夜 (night). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くれがた, ひぐれ (dusk, sunset, twilight), ぼや (night, small fire), さよ, ばん (all, barbarian, many, record, shallow bowl, size, tray), ゆうがた, ゆうぐれ (twilight), ゆうべ (last night), ゆうこく (deep ravine, evening hour, glen, patriotism), ゆう (actor, bravery, courage, gentleness, gift, help, heroism, possession, superiority, to braid, to do up, to say), イブニング , アーベント , やぶん (night, nighttime), よい (drunkenness, early night hours, good, implied meaning, intoxication, nice, ok, pleasant), よる (night, to approach, to be caused by, to be due to, to choose, to come from, to depend on, to drop in, to lean on, to rest against, to select, to visit). (various references) | |
Korean | 야간. (various references) | |
Luganda | akawungeezi. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | owend. (various references) | |
Malagasy | hariva. (various references) | |
Manx | fastyragh (afternoon, late in the day, vesperal), fastyr (afternoon, from noon to darkness, postmeridian, vesper). (various references) | |
Maori | ahiahi. (various references) | |
Maya | oka'an-kiin. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kveld. (various references) | |
Papago | huduni. (various references) | |
Papiamen | nochi (night). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | evening. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eveningay.(various references) | |
Polish | wieczór. (various references) | |
Portuguese | noite (night, nighttime). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | noite (night). (various references) | |
Romanian | searã (dark, dew-fall, dusk, eve, even, eventide, night, twilight, vesper). (various references) | |
Romansch | saira. (various references) | |
Romany | iràt. (various references) | |
Russian | вечеринка (do, evening party, get together, kick-up, knees-up, necking party, party, shindig, soiree), вечер вечерний, вечер (dew-fall, eve, even, eventide, night, party, vesper), закат жизни (downhill of life). (various references) | |
Scottish | feasgar (afternoon). (various references) | |
Sepedi | mantaiboa. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | večernji (crepuscular, vespertine), veče (eventide, nightfall). (various references) | |
Shona | mauro. (various references) | |
Sicilian | sira. (various references) | |
Slovene | veèer. (various references) | |
Somali | fiid. (various references) | |
Sotho | mantsiboya (at supper), mantsiboeng. (various references) | |
Spanish | tarde (afternoon, eve, late, latest, tardy), noche (junket, love, night, night time). (various references) | |
Sranan | neti (net, network, night). (various references) | |
Swahili | jioni. (various references) | |
Swazi | kusíhlwa. (various references) | |
Swedish | kväll (night), afton (eve, eventide). (various references) | |
Tagalog | gabi (night), gabí (night). (various references) | |
Tahitian | ahiahi. (various references) | |
Thai | ตอนเย็น. (various references) | |
Tswana | dumela (good afternoon, good evening, good morning, hello). (various references) | |
Turkish | suare (soiree), son evreler, son bölüm, akxam, akşam (dark, dew-fall, eve, eventide, night, vesper, vespertine). (various references) | |
Turkmen | giзlik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вечірка (get together, kick up, party, social), вечір (eventide, night, nightfall). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | buổi tối, buổi chiều (afternoon). (various references) | |
Welsh | noson (night). (various references) | |
Yucatec | okaank'iin. (various references) | |
Zulu | isikhathi sakusihlwa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | usan, uzu. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vesper. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | soir. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai anestreyen proV auton h peristera to proV esperan kai eicen fullon elaiaV karfoV en tw stomati authV kai egnw nwe oti kekopaken to udwr apo thV ghV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | At illa venit ad eum ad vesperam portans ramum olivae virentibus foliis in ore suo intellexit ergo Noe quod cessassent aquae super terram |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Heo com ða on æfnunge eft to Noe, ond brohte an twig of anum elebeame mid grenum leafum on hyre muðe. Ða undergeat Noe ðæt ða wætera wæron adruwode ofer eorðan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And she come to hym at euen, berynge a brawnche of olyue with grene leeues in hir mouthe. Than Noe vndirstode that wateres hadden cesyd vpon erthe; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde and beholde: There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated vppon the erth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive-leaf plucked off: So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang salampati mibalik kaniya sa kahaponon, ug ania karon, usa ka dahon nga lunhaw sa olivo diha sa iyang sungo nakutlo. Niini nga pagkaagi nasabut ni Noe nga ang mga tubig mihubas na sa ibabaw sa yuta. |
| Chinese | 到 了 晚 上 、 鴿 子 回 到 他 那 裡 、 嘴 裡 叼 著 一 個 新 擰 下 來 的 橄 欖 葉 子 、 挪 亞 就 知 道 地 上 的 水 退 了 。 |
| Croatian | Prema veèeri golubica se vrati k njemu, i gle! u kljunu joj svjež maslinov list; tako je Noa doznao da su opale vode sa zemlje. |
| Danish | ved Aftenstid kom Duen tilbage til ham, og se, den havde et friskt Olieblad i Næbbet. Da skønnede Noa, at Vandet var svundet bort fra Jorden. |
| Dutch | En de duif kwam tot hem tegen den avondtijd; en ziet, een afgebroken olijfblad was in haar bek; zo merkte Noach, dat de wateren van boven de aarde gelicht waren. |
| Finnish | Ja kyyhkynen tuli hänen luoksensa ehtoopuolella, ja katso, sen suussa oli tuore öljypuun lehti. Niin Nooa ymmärsi, että vesi oli vähentynyt maan päältä. |
| French | La colombe revint à lui sur le soir; et voici, une feuille d`olivier arrachée était dans son bec. Noé connut ainsi que les eaux avaient diminué sur la terre. |
| German | Die kam zu ihm zur Abendzeit, und siehe, ein Ölblatt hatte sie abgebrochen und trug's in ihrem Munde. Da merkte Noah, daß das Gewässer gefallen wäre auf Erden. |
| Haitian Creole | Vè aswè konsa, pijon an tounen vin jwenn li. Men, fwa sa a, li te gen yon fèy oliv tout vèt nan bèk li. Konsa, Noe vin konnen dlo a te bese sou tout latè. |
| Hungarian | És megjöve õ hozzá a galamb estennen, és ímé leszakasztott olajfalevél vala annak szájában. És megtudá Noé, hogy elapadt a víz a földrõl. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada petang hari burung itu kembali kepadanya membawa sehelai daun zaitun yang segar pada paruhnya. Sekarang Nuh tahu bahwa air telah surut. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kembalilah pula merpati itu kepada Nuh pada petang hari; bahwa sesungguhnya adalah diparuhnya sehelai daun terpetik dari pohon zait; sebab itu diketahui Nuh akan hal telah kekeringan air itu dari atas bumi. |
| Maori | A i te ahiahi ka rere mai te kukupa ki a ia; na i roto i tona waha he rau oriwa, he mea korari mai; a ka mohio a Noa kua iti iho nga wai i runga i te whenua. |
| Norwegian | Og duen kom til ham ved aftenstid, og se, den hadde et friskt oljeblad i nebbet; da skjønte Noah at vannet var sunket bort fra jorden. |
| Portuguese | Â tardinha a pomba voltou para ele, e eis no seu bico uma folha verde de oliveira; assim soube Noé que as águas tinham minguado de sobre a terra. |
| Rumanian | Porumbelul s`a kntors la el spre searq; wi iatq cq kn ciocul lui era o frunzq de mqslin ruptq de curknd. Noe a cunoscut astfel cq apele scqzuserq pe pqmknt. |
| Russian | зПМХВШ ЧПЪЧТБФЙМУС Л ОЕНХ Ч ЧЕЮЕТОЕЕ ЧТЕНС, Й ЧПФ, УЧЕЦЙК НБУМЙЮОЩК МЙУФ ЧП ТФХ Х ОЕЗП, Й оПК ХЪОБМ, ЮФП ЧПДБ УПЫМБ У ЪЕНМЙ. |
| Swedish | Och duvan kom till honom mot aftonen, och se, då hade hon ett friskt olivlöv i sin näbb. Då förstod Noa att vattnet hade sjunkit undan från jorden. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "evening": evenings. (additional references) | |
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"Evening" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beventini, Elvenkind, Esenin, eveing, eveling, eveni, evenin, eventing, Evering, Evgenny, evinving, evning, Ev'ning, Evonana. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "evening" (pronounced ē"vning) |
| 3 | -n i ng | apportioning, abstaining, abandoning, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-n-n-v" | |
-1 letter: engine, venine. | |
-2 letters: genie, given, nieve, vegie, venge, venin. | |
-3 letters: even, gene, gien, give, nene, neve, nevi, nine, vein, vine. | |
-4 letters: eng, eve, gee, gen, gie, gin, inn, nee, vee, veg, vie, vig. | |
-5 letters: en, in, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-n-n-v" | |
+1 letter: evenings. | |
+2 letters: deveining, leavening, revenging, unreeving, veneering. | |
+3 letters: enervating, enfevering, enlivening, enveloping, envenoming, ergonovine, evanescing, evidencing, leavenings, preventing, unleveling, veneerings, venenating, venerating. | |
+4 letters: anteverting, denervating, endeavoring, ergonovines, eventuating, intervening, lavendering, maneuvering, nonnegative, overlending, overweening, reconvening, reconveying, reengraving, reinventing, reinvesting, replevining, reverencing, supervening, unbelieving, undeceiving, undeserving, unlevelling. | |
+5 letters: endeavouring, evangelizing, interleaving, interviewing, interweaving, inveiglement, livingnesses, lovingnesses, negativeness, overcleaning, overengineer, overlearning, oversanguine, overspending, reconceiving, reconverting, rejuvenating, volunteering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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