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evanescence

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, UK: /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 V AH0 N EH1 S AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the evanescence of the morning mist.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the evanescence of the morning mist

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disappearance

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēvānēscentia.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bokmål: flyktighet — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Bokmål: kortvarighet — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Catalan: evanescència — fading and vanishing from sight
  • French: évanescence — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Italian: evanescenza — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Macedonian: исчезну́вање (isčeznúvanje) — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Russian: мимолётность (mimoljótnostʹ) — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Spanish: evanescencia — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Ukrainian: зникання (znykannja) — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Ukrainian: щезання (ščezannja) — fading and vanishing from sight
  • Ukrainian: швидкоплинність (švydkoplynnistʹ) — fading and vanishing from sight