soiree

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UK, US/ˌswɑːˈɹeɪ/

noun

A formal evening party.

OriginFrench soirée ← Old French soir ← Latin sērō →
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Meanings

nounsoiree (plural soirees)

plural soirees · alternative soirée

  1. A formal evening party.

    An invite to a party / Or watching The Price Is Right / Opting for a soiree / For the first time in a year

    1987, Anne Clark, “Hope Road”, in Hopeless Cases

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  2. Proto-Italic*sēros
  3. Latinsērus
  4. Latinsērō
  5. Old Frenchseir
  6. Old Frenchsoir
  7. Frenchsoir
  8. Frenchsoirée
  9. Englishsoiree

Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”).

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Translations

Bulgarian вечери́нка, соаре́
  • вечери́нка (večerínka)formal evening party
  • соаре́ (soaré)formal evening party
Chinese Cantonese 晚宴
  • 晚宴 (maan⁵ jin³)formal evening party
Chinese Mandarin 晚宴
  • 晚宴 (wǎnyàn)formal evening party
Dutch soiree
  • soireeformal evening party
Esperanto amuzvespero
  • amuzvesperoformal evening party
Finnish vastaanotto
  • vastaanottoformal evening party
French soirée
  • soiréeformal evening party
German Soiree
  • Soireeformal evening party
Greek εσπερίδα
  • εσπερίδα (esperída)formal evening party
Hungarian estély
  • estélyformal evening party
Japanese 夜会
  • 夜会 (yakai)formal evening party
Korean 야회
  • 야회 (yahoe)formal evening party
Polish wieczór towarzyski, wieczorek
  • wieczór towarzyskiformal evening party
  • wieczorekformal evening party
Portuguese sarau
  • sarauformal evening party
Russian банке́т, зва́ный ве́чер
  • банке́т (bankét)formal evening party
  • зва́ный ве́чер (zványj véčer)formal evening party
  • суаре́ (suarɛ́)formal evening party
  • вечери́нка (večerínka)formal evening party
  • ве́чер (véčer)formal evening party
Spanish velada, tardeada
  • veladaformal evening party
  • tardeadaformal evening party
  • verbenaformal evening party
Turkish suare
  • suareformal evening party
Ukrainian вечі́рка
  • вечі́рка (večírka)formal evening party

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with soiree

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Cite this entry
APA

soiree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soiree

MLA

“soiree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soiree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soiree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soiree.

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