soiree

See also: Soiree, Soirée, and soirée

English

Alternative forms

• soirée

Etymology

Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌswɑːˈɹeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

soiree (plural soirees)

1. 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

Related terms

• matinee

Translations

formal evening party

• Belarusian: вечары́нка f (vječarýnka)
• Bulgarian: вечери́нка (bg) f (večerínka), соаре́ n (soaré)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 晚宴 (maan⁵ jin³)

  Hokkien: 晚宴 (boán-iàn)

  Mandarin: 晚宴 (zh) (wǎnyàn)

• Dutch: soiree (nl) f
• Esperanto: amuzvespero
• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi)
• French: soirée (fr) f
• Galician: serán (gl) m
• German: Soiree (de) f
• Greek: εσπερίδα (el) f (esperída)
• Hungarian: estély (hu)
• Ido: vesperfesto, vesperkunveno
• Japanese: 夜会 (ja) (やかい, yakai)
• Khmer: រាត្រី (km) (riətrəy)
• Korean: 야회(夜會) (ko) (yahoe)
• Ladino: suare
• Macedonian: вече́ринка f (večérinka), соаре́ n (soaré)
• 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
• Turkish: suare (tr)
• Ukrainian: вечі́рка f (večírka)