Eve

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv
• Homophones: eave, eve, Eve

Origin

From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection.

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See also the now archaic or poetic even ("evening"), from the same source.

Full definition of eve

Noun

1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2. Evening, night.
• Mid-19th cent., John Clare, :I love to see the shaking twigDance till the shut of eve

Related terms

• evening
• even

Verb

1. To come before something, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

Anagrams

• EeV
• vee