different between eva vs eve

English

Adverb

eva (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of ever.

Anagrams

• 'ave, AEV, Ave., EAV, Vea, ave, ave., vae

Cornish

Verb

eva

1. to drink

Dutch

Etymology

From Eva (“Eve”), referring to the fig leaves the postlapsarian Eve wore to cover her vulva in the Biblical story.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.va?/
• Hyphenation: eva

Noun

eva f (plural eva's, diminutive evaatje n)

1. (archaic) A half-apron.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Eva (“Eve”), of the biblical creation story. The name comes from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek ??? (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew ??????? (?aww?).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: æva (example of pronunciation)

Noun

eva f (definite singular evaa, indefinite plural evaer, definite plural evaene)

1. a woman, particularly with very womanly traits

Etymology 2

From Old Norse efa, ifa.

Alternative forms

• eve (e-infinitive)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: æva (example of pronunciation)

Verb

eva (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative ev)

1. (reflexive) to doubt, drag one's feet

Usage notes

• This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 3

Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.

Noun

eva f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever or evor, definite plural evene or evone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by eve
2. definite singular of eve

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• evi (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

eva n

1. definite plural of ev

References

Anagrams

• ave, Eva, vea

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin aqua. Compare French eau, Romansch ava, ova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??va/

Noun

eva f

1. water

English

Etymology

From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ?fen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v
• Homophones: eave, Eve

Noun

eve (plural eves)

1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2. (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
4. (figuratively) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced

   Antonyms: evening, winter

Synonyms

• (evening): een, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening

Derived terms

• yestereve

Related terms

• evening
• even

Translations

Further reading

• eve at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Anagrams

• EeV, Vee, vee

Aiwoo

Numeral

eve

1. three

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eve/

Numeral

eve

1. two

Finnish

Noun

eve

1. (slang) ecstasy (drug)

Declension

Synonyms

• ekstaasi

Anagrams

• vee

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

eve (present tense ever, past tense eva or evet, past participle eva or evet)

1. (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet

References

• “eve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• Homophone: æve (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse efa, ifa. Confer also with earlier ivast.

Alternative forms

• (verb): eva (a- and split infinitives)
  • (Aasen) æva, ivast
• (noun): (Aasen) Æve

Verb

eve (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative ev)

1. (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet

Noun

eve m (definite singular even, indefinite plural evar, definite plural evane)

1. doubt, uncertainty

Etymology 2

Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.

Alternative forms

• eva (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

eve f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever, definite plural evene)

1. trace, rest

References

Old French

Etymology

Latin aqua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.w?/

Noun

eve f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)

1. Alternative form of iaue; water

Turkish

Noun

eve

1. singular dative of ev