evening

== English == === Alternative forms === ev'ning (obsolete) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even +‎ -ing. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: ēv'nĭng (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈiv.nɪŋ/ ==== Noun ==== evening (countable and uncountable, plural evenings) The time of day between afternoon and night. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:evening The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours. (figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something. A party or gathering held in the evening. ===== Coordinate terms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: ē'vənĭng, IPA(key): /ˈiːvənɪŋ/ ==== Verb ==== evening present participle and gerund of even === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== evening present participle and gerund of evene === Anagrams === eevning == Dutch == === Etymology === From evenen +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeː.və.nɪŋ/ Hyphenation: eve‧ning === Noun === evening f (plural eveningen, no diminutive) (obsolete) levelling, equalisation, act or process of making or becoming even or equal (obsolete) equinox Synonyms: dag-en-nachtevening, equinox, nachtevening ==== Derived terms ==== dag-en-nachtevening nachtevening