evening

evening
evening ⇒ The clock
A n
1 soir m ; (with emphasis on duration) soirée f ; in the evening le soir ; during the evening pendant la soirée ; at 6 o'clock in the evening à six heures du soir ; this evening ce soir ; later this evening plus tard dans la soirée ; tomorrow/yesterday evening demain/hier soir ; on the evening of the 14th le 14 au soir ; on Friday evening vendredi soir ; on Friday evenings le vendredi soir ; on the following ou next evening le lendemain soir ; the previous evening, the evening before la veille au soir ; on the evening of their arrival le soir de leur arrivée ; every evening tous les soirs ; every Thursday evening tous les jeudis soir ; on a fine summer evening par une belle soirée d'été ; the long winter evenings les longues soirées d'hiver ; I'll be in all evening je serai à la maison toute la soirée ; what do you do in the evenings? qu'est-ce-que tu fais le soir? ; she came in the evening elle est arrivée dans la soirée ; let's have an evening in for a change passons la soirée à la maison pour une fois ; to work evenings travailler le soir ; to be on evenings être du soir ;
2 musical/theatrical evening soirée musicale/théâtrale ;
3 fig littér in the evening of one's life au soir de sa vie.
B modif [bag, shoe] habillé ; [meal, newspaper, walk] du soir.
C ○ excl (also good evening) bonsoir!

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