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eve
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)
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
- (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
- 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
- two
Finnish
Noun
eve
- (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)
- (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)
- (reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet
Noun
eve m (definite singular even, indefinite plural evar, definite plural evane)
- 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)
- trace, rest
References
Old French
Etymology
Latin aqua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.w?/
Noun
eve f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)
- Alternative form of iaue; water
Turkish
Noun
eve
- singular dative of ev
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reve
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French rêver.
Verb
reve
- dream
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English r?fa, ?er?fa.
Alternative forms
- refe, reeve, reyve, reove
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?re?v(?)/
Noun
reve (plural reves or reven)
- A reeve or bailiff (a local official); an administrator.
- 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Reves Tale, 1915, The College Chaucer, page 94,
- Ne at this tale I saugh no man hym greve, / But it were oonly Osewold the Reve;
- 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Reves Tale, 1915, The College Chaucer, page 94,
- An administrator of an estate or manor; a manager or steward.
- (Christianity) A subordinate or deputy of God.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)
Related terms
- shirreve
Descendants
- English: reeve
References
- “r??ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.
Etymology 2
Verb
reve
- Alternative form of reven
Etymology 3
Noun
reve
- Alternative form of reif
Middle French
Alternative forms
- resve
Etymology
Old French rueve, ultimately from Latin rog? (“I ask; I demand”).
Noun
reve f (plural reves)
- a taxation on imports and exports
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (reve)
- reve on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun rev
Verb
reve (imperative rev, present tense rever, passive reves, simple past reva or revet or revde, past participle reva or revet or revd, present participle revende)
- (nautical) to reef (a sail)
- "Rev seilene, rev seilene!", skrek kapteinen. [1]
References
- “reve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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