evening

soir, soirée

Partie de la journée entre la fin de l’après-midi et minuit.

En anglais simple : The part of the day between late afternoon and midnight.

• See you this evening.
• We usually eat together in the evening.
• Did you enjoy your evening at home?

Contraires : morning

Expressions courantes : in the evening, this evening, early evening, tomorrow evening

soirée

Fête ou autre rencontre organisée en soirée.

En anglais simple : A party or other social event held during the later part of the day.

• We attended a musical evening.
• The club holds social evenings every month.
• She invited us to an evening of poetry and music.

Comment l'utiliser : evening of something (They organized an evening of music and dancing.)

Synonymes : gathering, party

Expressions courantes : musical evening, charity evening, social evening

crépuscule, soir

Dernière partie de la vie d’une personne ou d’une longue période historique.

En anglais simple : The final part of someone’s life or of a long period in history.

• She travelled in the evening of her life.
• The novel is set in the evening of a great empire.
• In life’s evening, he returned to his childhood village.

Comment l'utiliser : the evening of something (He found peace in the evening of his life.)

Synonymes : closing years, final period

Contraires : beginning

Expressions courantes : evening of life, evening of empire, life’s evening