"evening star" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the evening star [canonical]
Etymology: From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra. Etymology templates: {{m|en|evening}} evening, {{m|en|star}} star, {{cog|ang|ǣfensteorra}} Old English ǣfensteorra Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the evening star
  1. (astronomy) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening. Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: Hesperus, evenstar [rare] Translations (planet Venus seen in the evening): yll i mbrëmjes [indefinite, masculine] (Albanian), ylli i mbrëmjes [definite, masculine] (Albanian), ἕσπερος ἀστήρ (hésperos astḗr) (Ancient Greek), نَجْمَة الْمَسَاء (alt: najma(t) al-masāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), вечерница (večernica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 長庚 (Chinese), 长庚 (chánggēng) (Chinese), večernice [feminine] (Czech), avondster [feminine] (Dutch), vesperstelo (Esperanto), iltatähti (Finnish), étoile du soir [feminine] (French), estrela da tarde [feminine] (Galician), luceiro da tarde [masculine] (Galician), estrela da fartura [feminine] (Galician), Abendstern [masculine] (German), esthajnalcsillag (Hungarian), stella della sera [feminine] (Italian), vespero [masculine] (Italian), 宵の明星 (yoi no myōjō) (Japanese), ゆふづつ (yufudzutsu) (english: ancient) (Japanese), ikxuraráhaan (Karok), ikxunanáhaanich (Karok), 개밥바라기 (gaebapbaragi) (Korean), 태백성 (taebaekseong) (Korean), vesperūgō [feminine] (Latin), Hesperus [masculine] (Latin), vakara zvaigzne [feminine] (Latvian), vakarìnė žvaigždė̃ [feminine] (Lithuanian), vãkaro žvaigždė̃ [feminine] (Lithuanian), Вече́рница (Večérnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), вече́рница (večérnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), Rangitūahiahi (Maori), Meremere (Maori), Meremere-tū-ahiahi (Maori), sǫʼtsoh (Navajo), sǫʼtsoh łigaii (Navajo), æfensteorra [masculine] (Old English), āvandsterro (Old Saxon), Gwiazda Wieczorna [feminine] (Polish), gwiazda wieczorna [feminine] (Polish), estrela da tarde [feminine] (Portuguese), estrela d'alva [feminine] (Portuguese), ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ (śām dā tārā) [masculine] (Punjabi), ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ (śukkar) [masculine] (Punjabi), luceafărul-de-seară [feminine] (Romanian), вече́рняя звезда́ (večérnjaja zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), Вечерница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Вечерња звијезда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Večernica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Večernja zvijezda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), večernica [feminine] (Slovak), estrella de la tarde [feminine] (Spanish), lucero de la tarde [masculine] (Spanish), aftonstjärna [common-gender] (Swedish), ดาวประจำเมือง (daao-bprà-jam-mʉʉang) (Thai), Akşam Yıldızı (Turkish), вечі́рня зі́рка (večírnja zírka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sao Hôm (Vietnamese), אָוונטשטערן (ovntshtern) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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Noun

Forms: evening stars [plural]
Etymology: From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra. Etymology templates: {{m|en|evening}} evening, {{m|en|star}} star, {{cog|ang|ǣfensteorra}} Old English ǣfensteorra Head templates: {{en-noun}} evening star (plural evening stars)
  1. Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter. Synonyms: Hermes (english: planet Mercury)
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  2. An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). Categories (lifeform): Evening primrose family plants Translations (Oenothera biennis): pupalka dvouletá [feminine] (Czech), middelste teunisbloem [feminine] (Dutch), nachtkeers [feminine] (Dutch), nachtpitjes [plural] (Dutch), nachtkaars [feminine] (Dutch), leliën-van-een-nacht [plural] (Dutch), vierentwintiguursbloem [feminine] (Dutch), iltahelokki (Finnish), осли́нник двуле́тний (oslínnik dvulétnij) [masculine] (Russian), эноте́ра двуле́тняя (enotɛ́ra dvulétnjaja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-evening_star-en-noun-77cNL2Cl Disambiguation of Evening primrose family plants: 17 21 57 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 16 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 26 21 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 28 22 25 Disambiguation of 'Oenothera biennis': 8 75 17
  3. Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ"
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          "word": "luceafărul-de-seară"
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          "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
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      "word": "iltatähti"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "stella della sera"
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      "word": "宵の明星"
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      "word": "sǫʼtsoh łigaii"
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      "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
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      "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "estrela da tarde"
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      "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "estrela d'alva"
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ"
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      "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
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      "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "вече́рняя звезда́"
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      "word": "aftonstjärna"
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      "word": "ดาวประจำเมือง"
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      "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
      "word": "Akşam Yıldızı"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "вечі́рня зі́рка"
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      "sense": "planet Venus seen in the evening",
      "word": "sao Hôm"
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    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Evening primrose family plants"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "evening"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "star"
      },
      "expansion": "star",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ǣfensteorra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ǣfensteorra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "evening stars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "evening star (plural evening stars)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "morning star"
        },
        {
          "word": "Apollo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ],
        [
          "seen",
          "seen"
        ],
        [
          "evening",
          "evening"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "planet",
          "planet"
        ],
        [
          "Mercury",
          "Mercury"
        ],
        [
          "Jupiter",
          "Jupiter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "planet Mercury",
          "word": "Hermes"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evening primrose",
          "evening primrose"
        ],
        [
          "Oenothera biennis",
          "Oenothera biennis#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mentzelia",
          "Mentzelia"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pupalka dvouletá"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "middelste teunisbloem"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nachtkeers"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nachtpitjes"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nachtkaars"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "leliën-van-een-nacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vierentwintiguursbloem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "word": "iltahelokki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oslínnik dvulétnij",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "осли́нник двуле́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "enotɛ́ra dvulétnjaja",
      "sense": "Oenothera biennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эноте́ра двуле́тняя"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "evening star"
  ],
  "word": "evening star"
}

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