soiree

See also: Soiree and soirée

English

Alternative forms

soirée

Etymology

Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌswɑːˈɹeɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

soiree (plural soirees)

A formal evening party.
- 1987, “Hope Road”, in Hopeless Cases, performed by Anne Clark:
  An invite to a party / Or watching The Price Is Right / Opting for a soiree / For the first time in a year

Translations

formal evening party

Belarusian: вечары́нка f (vječarýnka)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 晚宴 (maan⁵ jin³)

Mandarin: 晚宴 (zh) (wǎnyàn)

Min Nan: 晚宴 (boán-iàn)
Dutch: soiree (nl) f
Esperanto: amuzvespero
Finnish: vastaanotto (fi)
French: soirée (fr) f
German: Soiree (de) f
Hungarian: estély (hu)

Ido: vesperfesto, vesperkunveno
Japanese: 夜会 (やかい, yakai)
Khmer: រាត្រី (km) (rietrəy)
Korean: 야회 (ko) (yahoe) (夜會 (ko))
Portuguese: sarau (pt) m
Russian: банке́т (ru) m (bankét), зва́ный ве́чер m (zványj véčer), суаре́ (ru) n (suarɛ́), вечери́нка (ru) f (večerínka), ве́чер (ru) m (véčer)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вечеринка f, соаре m

Roman: večerinka f, soare m
Spanish: velada (es) f
Ukrainian: вечі́рка f (večírka)

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