Meanings
evening star1
proper nounthe evening star
nounevening star (plural evening stars)
plural evening stars
- Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
Synonyms: Hermes · Antonyms: morning star, Apollo
- Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.
Evening Star2
proper noun
- The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset.
Near-synonym: Morning Star
1 more example
As we now know, the evening star is the morning star.
Synonyms: Morning Star
- Oenothera biennis, a medicinal plant.
- Mentzelia pumila; any of several other species of genus Mentzelia.
- The title of any of several newspapers.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
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nounAny star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
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Opposite
proper nounThe planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset.
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Origin
From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἕσπερος ἀστήρ
- ἕσπερος ἀστήρ (hésperos astḗr)planet Venus seen in the evening
Arabic نَجْمَة الْمَسَاء
- نَجْمَة الْمَسَاءplanet Venus seen in the evening
Bulgarian вечерница
- вечерница (večernica)planet Venus seen in the evening
Chinese 長庚 /长庚
- 長庚 /长庚 (chánggēng)planet Venus seen in the evening
Czech večernice, pupalka dvouletá
- večerniceplanet Venus seen in the evening
- pupalka dvouletáOenothera biennis
Dutch avondster, middelste teunisbloem
- avondsterplanet Venus seen in the evening
- middelste teunisbloemOenothera biennis
- nachtkeersOenothera biennis
- nachtpitjesOenothera biennis
- nachtkaarsOenothera biennis
- leliën-van-een-nachtOenothera biennis
- vierentwintiguursbloemOenothera biennis
Esperanto vesperstelo
- vespersteloplanet Venus seen in the evening
Finnish iltatähti, iltahelokki
- iltatähtiplanet Venus seen in the evening
- iltahelokkiOenothera biennis
French étoile du soir, éstoile du soir
- étoile du soirplanet Venus seen in the evening
- éstoile du soirplanet Venus seen in the evening
German Abendstern
- Abendsternplanet Venus seen in the evening
Hungarian esthajnalcsillag
- esthajnalcsillagplanet Venus seen in the evening
Italian stella della sera, vespero
- stella della seraplanet Venus seen in the evening
- vesperoplanet Venus seen in the evening
Japanese 宵の明星, ゆふづつ
- 宵の明星 (yoi no myōjō)planet Venus seen in the evening
- ゆふづつ (yufudzutsu)planet Venus seen in the evening
Korean 개밥바라기, 태백성
- 개밥바라기 (gaebapbaragi)planet Venus seen in the evening
- 태백성 (taebaekseong)planet Venus seen in the evening
Latin Hesperus, vesperūgō
- Hesperusplanet Venus seen in the evening
- vesperūgōplanet Venus seen in the evening
- stēlla vespertīnaplanet Venus seen in the evening
Latvian vakara zvaigzne
- vakara zvaigzneplanet Venus seen in the evening
Lithuanian vakari̇̀nė žvaigždė̃, vãkaro žvaigždė̃
- vakari̇̀nė žvaigždė̃planet Venus seen in the evening
- vãkaro žvaigždė̃planet Venus seen in the evening
Māori Rangitūahiahi, Meremere
- Rangitūahiahiplanet Venus seen in the evening
- Meremereplanet Venus seen in the evening
- Meremere-tū-ahiahiplanet Venus seen in the evening
Polish Gwiazda Wieczorna, gwiazda wieczorna
- Gwiazda Wieczornaplanet Venus seen in the evening
- gwiazda wieczornaplanet Venus seen in the evening
Portuguese estrela da tarde, estrela d'alva
- estrela da tardeplanet Venus seen in the evening
- estrela d'alvaplanet Venus seen in the evening
Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ, ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ
- ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ (śām dā tārā)planet Venus seen in the evening
- ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ (śukkar)planet Venus seen in the evening
Romanian luceafărul-de-seară
- luceafărul-de-searăplanet Venus seen in the evening
Russian вече́рняя звезда́, осли́нник двуле́тний
- вече́рняя звезда́ (večérnjaja zvezdá)planet Venus seen in the evening
- осли́нник двуле́тний (oslínnik dvulétnij)Oenothera biennis
- эноте́ра двуле́тняя (enotɛ́ra dvulétnjaja)Oenothera biennis
Slovak večernica
- večernicaplanet Venus seen in the evening
Spanish estrella de la tarde, lucero de la tarde
- estrella de la tardeplanet Venus seen in the evening
- lucero de la tardeplanet Venus seen in the evening
Swedish aftonstjärna
- aftonstjärnaplanet Venus seen in the evening
Thai ดาวประจำเมือง
- ดาวประจำเมือง (daao-bprà-jam-mʉʉang)planet Venus seen in the evening
Turkish Akşam Yıldızı
- Akşam Yıldızıplanet Venus seen in the evening
Ukrainian вечі́рня зі́рка
- вечі́рня зі́рка (večírnja zírka)planet Venus seen in the evening
Vietnamese sao Hôm
- sao Hômplanet Venus seen in the evening
Yiddish אָוונטשטערן
- אָוונטשטערן (ovntshtern)planet Venus seen in the evening
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