good evening

English

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Etymology

An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".

Pronunciation

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Noun

good evening

Used as a greeting in the evening.

Synonyms

(obsolete) good-den

Coordinate terms

Translations

greeting said in the evening

Abkhaz: уа, хәылбзиа (uā, x°əlbziā)
Afrikaans: goeie naand (af)
Albanian: mirëmbrëma (sq)
Arabic: مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر‎ (masāʾ al-ḵayr), مَسَاء اَلنُّور‎ (masāʾ an-nūr) (as a reply)
Hijazi Arabic: مَسَاء الخير‎ (masāʾ alḵēr), مَسَاء اَلنُّور‎ (masāʾ annūr) (as a reply)

North Levantine Arabic: مسا الخير‎ (masā l-ḵayr), مسا النور‎ (masā n-nūr) (as a reply); سعيده‎ (sʿīdi), يسعد هالمسا‎ (yisʿud ha-l-masa) (as a reply)
Armenian: բարի երեկո (bari ereko)
Asturian: bones tardes
Belarusian: до́бры ве́чар (dóbry vjéčar)
Bulgarian: до́бър ве́чер (dóbǎr véčer)
Catalan: bon vespre (ca)
Cebuano: maayong gabii
Chechen: суьйре дика йойла (süjre dika jojla)
Chichewa: (greeting) mwachoma bwanji, (response) ndachoma bwino
Chinese:
Mandarin: 晚上好 (zh) (wǎnshàng hǎo), 晚安 (zh) (wǎn'ān)
Classical Syriac: ܒܪܝܟ ܪܡܫܐ‎
Czech: dobrý večer (cs)
Danish: godaften (da)
Dutch: goedenavond (nl)
Esperanto: bonan vesperon
Estonian: tere õhtust (et), õhtust
Ewe: fiẽ
Faroese: gott kvøld
Finnish: hyvää iltaa (fi), iltaa
French: bonsoir (fr)
Friulian: buine sere
Galician: boa noite f
Georgian: საღამო მშვიდობისა (saɣamo mšvidobisa)
German: guten Abend (de)
Alemannic German: gueten Abig
Greek: καλησπέρα (el) (kalispéra), καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády)
Hawaiian: aloha ahiahi
Hebrew: עֶרֶב טוֹב‎ (he) (érev tov)
Hiligaynon: maayong gab-i
Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) (namastē), गुड ईवनिंग (guḍ īvniṅg)
Hungarian: jó estét (hu), jó estét kívánok (hu)
Icelandic: gott kvöld (is)
Ido: bona vespero
Indonesian: selamat malam (id)
Irish: tráthnóna maith agat
Italian: buona sera, buonasera (it)
Japanese: 今晩は (ja) (こんばんは, konban-wa), お晩です (o-ban desu) (Tohoku)
Javanese: sugeng dalu (after 20.00), sugeng sonten (before 20.00)
Kazakh: қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Khmer: សាយណ្ណសួស្ដី (saaynnɑ suəsdəy)
Korean: 안녕하세요 (ko) (annyeong-haseyo) (generic greeting)
Kurdish: êvarbaş (ku), ئێواره‌ت باش‎ (êwaret baş)
Latvian: labvakar, labs vakars
Lithuanian: labas vakaras

Luo: oimore
Luxembourgish: gudden Owend
Macedonian: добровечер (dobrovečer)
Malay:
Jawi: سلامت ڤتڠ‎

Rumi: selamat petang
Maltese: il-lejla t-tajba, bonasira
Mongolian: оройн мэнд (orojn mend)
Navajo: yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́, nizhónígo hííłchʼįʼ neeʼaʼdooleeł
Northern Sami: buorrẹ eahkẹt
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god kveld (no), god aften

Nynorsk: god kveld
Occitan: bon vèspre, bonser (oc)
Old English: gōdne ǣfen
Palauan: ungil kebesengei
Persian: عصر بخیر‎ (fa) (asr bekheyr)
Plautdietsch: gooden Owent
Polish: dobry wieczór (pl)
Portuguese: boa noite (pt)
Romanian: bună seara (ro)
Romansch: buna saira
Romblomanon: maayo nga gabii
Russian: до́брый ве́чер (ru) (dóbryj véčer)
Scottish Gaelic: feasgar math
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: добро вече, добра вечер

Roman: dobro veče, dobra večer
Shona: maneru
Slovak: dobrý večer
Slovene: dober večer
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dobry wjacor

Upper Sorbian: dobry wječor
Spanish: buenas noches (es) f pl, buenas tardes (es) f pl
Swahili: habari ya jioni
Swedish: god kväll (sv), god afton (sv)
Tagalog: magandang gabi
Thai: สวัสดี (th) (sà-wàt-dii), สายัณห์สวัสดิ์ (sǎa-yan-sà-wàt)
Turkish: iyi akşamlar, tünaydın (tr)
Ukrainian: до́брий ве́чір (dóbryj véčir)
Vietnamese: chào buổi tối, xin chào buổi tối
Volapük: soari gudik
Welsh: noswaith dda
West Frisian: goejûn, jûn
Westrobothnian: guaftan
Winnebago: hoxjąną pį
Yiddish: אַ גוטן אָוונט‎ (a gutn ovnt)
Yucatec Maya: ma'alob 'aak'ab
Zulu: sawubona (zu) (familiar), sanibonani (plural, respectful)

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