eve

Eve

 (ēv)

In the Bible, the first woman and the wife of Adam.

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[Late Latin Ēva, Hēva, from Hebrew ḥawwâ, living, life, from ḥāyâ, to live; see ḥyw in Semitic roots.]

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eve

 (ēv)

n.

1. The evening or day preceding a special day, such as a holiday.

2. The period immediately preceding a certain event: the eve of war.

3. Evening.

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[Middle English, variant of even; see even².]

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eve

(iːv)

n

1.

a. the evening or day before some special event or festival

b. (capital when part of a name): New Year's Eve.

2. the period immediately before an event: on the eve of civil war.

3. an archaic word for evening

[C13: variant of even²]

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Eve

(iːv)

n

(Bible) Old Testament the first woman; mother of the human race, fashioned by God from the rib of Adam (Genesis 2:18-25)

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eve

(iv)

n.

1. (sometimes cap.) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event: Christmas Eve; the eve of an election.

2. the period preceding any event, crisis, etc.: on the eve of the revolution.

3. the evening.

[1200–50; Middle English; variant of even²]

Eve

(iv)

n.

the first woman: wife of Adam and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 3:20.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Eve - (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
	2.	eve - the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her departure" 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
	3.	eve - the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	4.	eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" even, evening, eventide daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" guest night - an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests sundown, sunset - the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

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eve

noun

1. night before, day before, vigil the eve of his 27th birthday

2. brink, point, edge, verge, threshold when Europe stood on the eve of war in 1914

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eve

noun

The period between afternoon and nighttime:

dusk, evening, eventide, gloaming, nightfall, twilight.

Archaic: even, vesper.

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Translations

عَشِيَّةعَشِيَّة، لَيْلَةمَساء

Evapředvečer

aftenaftenen førEvajuleaften

VorabendAbendEvaEveVortag

παραμονήΕύα

vísperaEvatarde

aattoEeva

veilleÈvesoir

Evavečer

elõest

Evekvöldrétt fyrirvaka; aîfangadagur

vigiliavigilia di NataleEvaultimo dell'anno

前夜

전야

Eva

išvakarėsvakaras

priekšvakarsvakars

Evavooravond

aftenEvaEvekveldpå terskelen til

Ewawigilia

véspera

Еваканунсочельник

predvečerpredvečer sviatku

predvečer

aftonEvaEve

คืนวันก่อนวันเทศกาล

arifeakşam

hôm trước

前夕节日的前夜傍晚

Eve

[iːv] N → Eva

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eve

¹ [iːv] N → víspera f
on the eve of (lit) → en la víspera de (fig) → en vísperas de

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eve

² [iːv] N (liter) (= evening) → tarde f

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eve

[ˈiːv] n
on the eve of → à la veille de Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Eve

n → Eva f

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eve

¹

n → Vorabend m; on the eve of → am Tage vor (+dat), → am Vorabend von or +gen

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eve

²

n (obs, poet) → Abend m

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Eve

[iːv] n → Eva

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eve

[iːv] n → vigilia
on the eve of → alla vigilia di

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eve

(iːv) noun

1. the day or evening before a festival. Christmas Eve; New Year's Eve. ou عَشِيَّة، لَيْلَة (العيد) навечерие véspera předvečer svátku der Vortag, -abend juleaften; -aften παραμονήvíspera eelõhtu شب پیش از روز عزیز aatto veille עֶרֶב - पूर्व सन्ध्या noć uoči praznika (elő)est sebelum vaka; aðfangadagur vigilia 前夜 (교회 축제일, 명절날 등의) 전날(밤) išvakarės (svētku) priekšvakars hari sebelum vooravondaften wigilia ما ښام، هغه ورځ يا شپه چه ديوې مهمي پېښې مقدمه وى لكه داختر شپه véspera ajun канун predvečer sviatku dan/večer (pred praznikom) veče uoči helgdagsafton วันก่อนวันหยุดหรือวันสำคัญ arife 節日的前夜 святий вечір کسی کلیسائی تہوار یا اہم تقریب سے پچھلا دن یا رات ngày hoặc đêm trước lễ hội 节日的前夜

2. the time just before an event. on the eve of (the) battle. vooraand عَشِيَّة، لَيْلَة (وُقوع الحَدَث) навечерие véspera předvečer der Vorabend tid umiddelbart før παραμονέςvíspera künnis آستانه aatto veille עֶרֶב - घटना से पूर्व uči vmi előestéjén menjelang rétt fyrir vigilia 直前 (중요한 사건 등의) 직전 išvakarės priekšvakars menjelang vooravondumiddelbart før, på terskelen tilprzeddzień هغه ورځ يا شپه چه ديوې مهمي گ پېښې مقدمه وى véspera ajun канун predvečer predvečer uoči tiden omedelbart före วันก่อนวันเทศกาล arife (重大事件的)前夕 переддень کسی واقعہ سے ایک دن قبل thời gian liền trước một sự kiện quan trọng （重大事件的）前夕

3. evening. aand, naand مَساء вечер final da tarde večer der Abend aften απόγευμαtarde õhtu سرشب ilta soirערב संध्या večer, noć est sore kvöld sera 夕方 저녁 vakaras vakars malam avondkveld, aftenwieczór ماښام tarde seară вечер večer večer veče afton, kväll ช่วงเวลาค่ำ akşam 傍晚 вечір شام buổi tối 傍晚

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eve

→ عَشِيَّة předvečer aftenen før Vorabend παραμονή víspera aatto veille večer vigilia 前夜 전야 vooravond aften wigilia véspera канун afton คืนวันก่อนวันเทศกาล arife hôm trước 前夕

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