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vesper

ves·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ves-per]
    • /ˈvɛs pər/
    • /ˈvespə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ves-per]
    • /ˈvɛs pər/

Definitions of vesper word

  • noun vesper (initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus. 1
  • noun vesper Also called vesper bell. a bell rung at evening. 1
  • noun vesper vespers, (sometimes initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening. the sixth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, occurring in the late afternoon or the evening. Roman Catholic Church. a part of the office to be said in the evening by those in major orders, frequently made a public ceremony in the afternoons or evenings of Sundays and holy days. Anglican Church. evensong (def 1). 1
  • noun vesper Archaic. evening. 1
  • adjective vesper of, pertaining to, appearing in, or proper to the evening. 1
  • adjective vesper of or relating to vespers. 1
See all 19 definitions of vesper

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Origin of vesper

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English, partly < Latin: evening, evening star; partly < Old French vespres evening service < Medieval Latin vesperās, accusative plural of Latin vespera, feminine variant of vesper; cognate with Greek hésperos; akin to west

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Parts of speech for Vesper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Vesper

vesper popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

vesper usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for vesper

noun vesper

  • bell — A bell is a device that makes a ringing sound and is used to give a signal or to attract people's attention.
  • clapper — a person or thing that claps
  • ding dong — the sound of a bell.
  • dinger — humdinger.
  • hesper — Hesperus.
All 8 Synonyms of vesper

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Related words

  • hesperus

    an evening star, especially Venus.

  • vespertilionine

    of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.

  • vespertine

    of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.

  • evensong

    (in the Christian Church) a service of evening prayers, psalms, and canticles, conducted according to a set form, especially that of the Anglican Church.

  • grass finch

    any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.

  • sicilian vespers

    a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282.
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