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eventide

/ˈiːvənˌtaɪd/

eventide noun: evening.

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Noun

eventide (countable and uncountable, plural eventides)

(archaic, literary, poetic) Evening.
- The mist rises from the lake at eventide.
Synonyms:

eve, even, forenight, een, evening, eveningtide, eveningtime, evetime, undern, vesper

eventide meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit

eventide in Tamil

மாலைப்பொழுது

eventide in Malayalam

eventide: സായം sāyaṁ, സായങ്കാലം sāyaṅkālaṁ

eventide in Sanskrit

eventide, evening: सायंकाल sāyaṃkāla

Synonyms of eventide

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vespertide

All synonyms of eventide

Forms of eventide

plural	eventides

Origin of eventide

From Middle English eventyde, from Old English ǣfentīd, derived from ǣfen (“evening”) + tīd (“time”). By surface analysis, even + -tide.

Words formed from eventide

eventide home

Phrases with eventide

eventide homes

Questions about eventide

What does eventide mean?: Eventide means evening.
What is eventide in Tamil?: Eventide in Tamil is மாலைப்பொழுது. See Eventide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eventide?: Eventide is a noun.
How do you pronounce eventide?: Eventide is pronounced /ˈiːvənˌtaɪd/.
What is the plural of eventide?: The plural of eventide is eventides.

Words near eventide in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: eventide (page history and authors); eventide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); സായം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); सायंकाल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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