vespre

See also: vèspre

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin vesper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbes.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈves.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈves.pɾe]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

vespre m (plural vespres)

1. late evening

   Coordinate term: tarda

Derived terms

• bon vespre
• capvespre
• envesprir
• vesprada
• vesprejar

Related terms

• vespertí
• vespra

Further reading

• “vespre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vespre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “vespre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vespre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle French

Noun

vespre m (plural vespres)

1. evening

Descendants

• French: vêpre

Old French

Alternative forms

• vespree f

Noun

vespre oblique singular, m (oblique plural vespres, nominative singular vespre, nominative plural vespre)

1. evening

Descendants

• Middle French: vespre
  • French: vêpre
• Norman: vêpe
• Walloon: vesprêye
• → English: vesper