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evening star en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

Meanings

1. Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
2. An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).
3. Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.

Forms

Antonyms

Apollo · morning star

Synonyms

Hermes

Translations (10)

nl nachtkaars (Oenothera biennis) · nl leliën-van-een-nacht (Oenothera biennis) · nl nachtkeers (Oenothera biennis) · nl nachtpitjes (Oenothera biennis) · nl middelste teunisbloem (Oenothera biennis) · nl vierentwintiguursbloem (Oenothera biennis) · cs pupalka dvouletá (Oenothera biennis) · ru осли́нник двуле́тний (Oenothera biennis) · ru эноте́ра двуле́тняя (Oenothera biennis) · fi iltahelokki (Oenothera biennis)

evening star en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

Meanings

1. The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
   • Near-synonym: Phosphorus
   • We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus.

Forms

Synonyms

evenstar · Phosphorus · Hesperus

Translations (68)

sq yll i mbrëmjes (planet Venus seen in the evening) · nv sǫʼtsoh łigaii (planet Venus seen in the evening) · vi sao Hôm (planet Venus seen in the evening) · grc ἕσπερος ἀστήρ (planet Venus seen in the evening) · pl Gwiazda Wieczorna (planet Venus seen in the evening) · sh Вечерница (planet Venus seen in the evening) · fy jûnstjer (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ko 태백성 (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ko 개밥바라기 (planet Venus seen in the evening) · es estrella de la tarde (planet Venus seen in the evening) · gl luceiro da tarde (planet Venus seen in the evening) · kyh ikxuraráhaan (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ar نَجْمَة الْمَسَاء (planet Venus seen in the evening) · tr Akşam Yıldızı (planet Venus seen in the evening) · mk Вече́рница (planet Venus seen in the evening) · frr Injstiar (planet Venus seen in the evening) · cs večernice (planet Venus seen in the evening) · zh 長庚 /长庚 (planet Venus seen in the evening) · uk вечі́рня зі́рка (planet Venus seen in the evening) · la stēlla vespertīna (planet Venus seen in the evening) · mi Meremere-tū-ahiahi (planet Venus seen in the evening) · pt estrela d'alva (planet Venus seen in the evening) · fr étoile du soir (planet Venus seen in the evening) · la vesperūgō (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ro luceafărul-de-seară (planet Venus seen in the evening) · pa ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ (planet Venus seen in the evening) · sh Večernica (planet Venus seen in the evening) · eo vesperstelo (planet Venus seen in the evening) · it vespero (planet Venus seen in the evening) · lt vakari̇̀nė žvaigždė̃ (planet Venus seen in the evening) · de Abendstern (planet Venus seen in the evening) · gl estrela da tarde (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ang æfensteorra (planet Venus seen in the evening) · sh Вечерња звијезда (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ru вече́рняя звезда́ (planet Venus seen in the evening) · osx āvandsterro (planet Venus seen in the evening) · mi Rangitūahiahi (planet Venus seen in the evening) · sq ylli i mbrëmjes (planet Venus seen in the evening) · mk вече́рница (planet Venus seen in the evening) · th ดาวประจำเมือง (planet Venus seen in the evening) · stq Äiwendstiern (planet Venus seen in the evening) · la Hesperus (planet Venus seen in the evening) · mi Meremere (planet Venus seen in the evening) · lv vakara zvaigzne (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ja ゆふづつ (planet Venus seen in the evening) · sk večernica (planet Venus seen in the evening) · fr éstoile du soir (planet Venus seen in the evening) · fi iltatähti (planet Venus seen in the evening) · it stella della sera (planet Venus seen in the evening) · bg вечерница (planet Venus seen in the evening) · tog chipurausiku (planet Venus seen in the evening) · frr injstäär (planet Venus seen in the evening) · sh Večernja zvijezda (planet Venus seen in the evening) · frr eenstäär (planet Venus seen in the evening) · pa ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ (planet Venus seen in the evening) · pt estrela da tarde (planet Venus seen in the evening) · nv sǫʼtsoh (planet Venus seen in the evening) · sv aftonstjärna (planet Venus seen in the evening) · lt vãkaro žvaigždė̃ (planet Venus seen in the evening) · yao msonogwe mwesi (planet Venus seen in the evening) · yi אָוונטשטערן (planet Venus seen in the evening) · hu esthajnalcsillag (planet Venus seen in the evening) · pl gwiazda wieczorna (planet Venus seen in the evening) · nl avondster (planet Venus seen in the evening) · ja 宵の明星 (planet Venus seen in the evening) · gl estrela da fartura (planet Venus seen in the evening) · kyh ikxunanáhaanich (planet Venus seen in the evening) · es lucero de la tarde (planet Venus seen in the evening)

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