eve

Other forms of eve

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eve

What does eve mean?

eve means "(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eve?

eve has 1 syllable: eve. In IPA it is /ˈiv/.

What is another word for eve?

Close synonyms include evening, even, eventide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eve a common word?

eve is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with eve?

2 words rhyme with eve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.