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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈvɛspɛɾɐs
"Os fiéis reuniram-se para as vésperas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An evening prayer or the evening service in various Christian liturgies.
"The choir sang softly during the peaceful vesper as the sun set behind the cathedral." - 2
Evening, or the evening star (Venus).
"As twilight fell, the bright vesper appeared in the western sky."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'vesper', meaning evening or evening star, stemming from the Proto-Indo-European root *wēspro- (evening). It entered Middle English via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin, initially referring to the evening prayer service before shifting to poets' evocations of twilight.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vesper" is said worldwide
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vêpres
Transliteration: vɛpʁ
"Les cloches sonnèrent pour annoncer les vêpres."
Vesper
Transliteration: ˈfɛspɐ
"Die Abandandacht wurde als Vesper gefeiert."
vespro
Transliteration: ˈvɛspro
"Si radunarono in chiesa per cantare il vespro."
vísperas
Transliteration: ˈbispeɾas
"El coro entonó los cantos durante las vísperas."
vésperas
Transliteration: ˈvɛspɛɾɐs
"Os fiéis reuniram-se para as vésperas."
संध्या प्रार्थना
Transliteration: sandhya prarthana
"शाम ढलते ही संध्या प्रार्थना शुरू हुई।"
晚祷
Transliteration: wǎndǎo
"修道院里传来了悠扬的晚祷声。"
저녁 기도
Transliteration: jeonyeok gido
"수도사들이 모여 저녁 기도를 드렸다."
夕の祈り
Transliteration: yuu no inori
"修道院で静かに夕の祈りが捧げられた。"
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