"soiree" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌswɑːˈɹeɪ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soiree.wav [Southern-England] Forms: soirees [plural], soirée [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-éad Proto-Italic *-ōd Latin -ō Latin sērō Old French seir Old French soir French soir French -ée French soiréebor. English soiree Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:soirée<t:evening activity>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-éad Proto-Italic *-ōd Latin -ō Latin sērō Old French seir Old French soir French soir French -ée French soiréebor. English soiree [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "evening activity", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "late", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "late", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*sēros", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "long", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*seh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-rós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sērus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adverb", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éad", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ōd", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "adverbial suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sērō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "seir", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "soir", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "soir", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ée", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "soirée", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "soiree", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="soiree"> Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} soiree (plural soirees)
  1. A formal evening party. Wikipedia link: soiree Related terms: matinee Translations (formal evening party): вечары́нка (vječarýnka) [feminine] (Belarusian), вечери́нка (večerínka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), соаре́ (soaré) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 晚宴 (boán-iàn) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 晚宴 (maan⁵ jin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 晚宴 (wǎnyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), soiree [feminine] (Dutch), amuzvespero (Esperanto), vastaanotto (Finnish), soirée [feminine] (French), serán [masculine] (Galician), Soiree [feminine] (German), εσπερίδα (esperída) [feminine] (Greek), estély (Hungarian), vesperfesto (Ido), vesperkunveno (Ido), 夜会 (yakai) (alt: やかい) (Japanese), រាត្រី (riətrəy) (Khmer), 야회 (yahoe) (alt: 夜會) (Korean), suare (Ladino), вече́ринка (večérinka) [feminine] (Macedonian), соаре́ (soaré) [neuter] (Macedonian), sarau [masculine] (Portuguese), банке́т (bankét) [masculine] (Russian), зва́ный ве́чер (zványj véčer) [masculine] (Russian), суаре́ (suarɛ́) [neuter] (Russian), вечери́нка (večerínka) [feminine] (Russian), ве́чер (véčer) [masculine] (Russian), вечеринка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), соаре [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), večerinka [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), soare [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), velada [feminine] (Spanish), tardeada [feminine] (Spanish), verbena [feminine] (Spanish), suare (Turkish), вечі́рка (večírka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "formal evening party",
      "word": "夜会"
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      "word": "រាត្រី"
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      "code": "lad",
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      "word": "sarau"
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      "word": "банке́т"
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      "code": "uk",
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}

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