evening star

See also: Evening Star

English

Etymology

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

Noun

evening star (plural evening stars)

(astronomy, with definite article) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
Synonym: Hesperus
We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus.
(with indefinite article) Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
Synonym: (planet Mercury) Hermes
Antonyms: morning star, Apollo
An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).
Oenothera biennis
Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.

Translations

planet Venus seen in the evening

Arabic: نَجْمُ الْمَسَاء‎ m (najmu l-masāʾ)
Bulgarian: вечерница f (večernica)
Chinese: 長庚 (zh) (chánggēng)
Czech: večernice (cs) f
Dutch: avondster (nl) f
Esperanto: vesperstelo
Finnish: iltatähti (fi)
French: étoile du soir (fr) f
Galician: estrela da tarde f, luceiro da tarde m, estrela da fartura f
German: Abendstern (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἕσπερος ἀστήρ (hésperos astḗr)
Hungarian: esthajnalcsillag (hu)
Italian: stella della sera f, vespero (it) m
Japanese: 宵の明星 (ja) (yoi no myōjō), ゆふづつ (ja) (yufudzutsu) (ancient)
Karok: ikxuraráhaan, ikxunanáhaanich
Korean: 개밥바라기 (gaebapbaragi), 태백성 (ko) (taebaekseong)
Latin: vesperūgō f, Hesperus m
Latvian: vakara zvaigzne f
Lithuanian: vakarìnė žvaigždė̃ f, vãkaro žvaigždė̃ f
Macedonian: Вече́рница f (Večérnica), вече́рница f (večérnica)
Maori: Rangitūahiahi, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi
Navajo: sǫʼtsoh, sǫʼtsoh łigaii
Old English: æfensteorra m
Old Saxon: āvandsterro
Polish: Gwiazda Wieczorna (pl) f, gwiazda wieczorna f
Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ m (śām dā tārā), ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ m (śukkar)
Portuguese: estrela da tarde f, estrela d'alva (pt) f
Romanian: luceafărul-de-seară f
Russian: вече́рняя звезда́ f (večérnjaja zvezdá)
Slovak: večernica f
Spanish: estrella de la tarde f, lucero de la tarde m
Swedish: aftonstjärna (sv) c
Thai: ดาวประจำเมือง (daao-bprà-jam-mʉʉang)
Ukrainian: вечі́рня зі́рка f (večírnja zírka)
Yiddish: אָוונטשטערן‎ m (ovntshtern)

Oenothera biennis

Czech: pupalka dvouletá f
Dutch: middelste teunisbloem f, nachtkeers f, nachtpitjes pl, nachtkaars (nl) f, leliën-van-een-nacht pl, vierentwintiguursbloem f
Finnish: iltahelokki
Russian: осли́нник двуле́тний m (oslínnik dvulétnij), эноте́ра двуле́тняя f (enotɛ́ra dvulétnjaja)

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