Phrase guide

evening star

name · noun · 9 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.

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1

name

Meaning 1

The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: Phosphorus
  • We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hesperus, evenstar, Phosphorus

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: Morning Star
  • As we now know, the evening star is the morning star.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Morning Star

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Oenothera biennis, a medicinal plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

Mentzelia pumila; any of several other species of genus Mentzelia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

The title of any of several newspapers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hermes

Antonyms: morning star, Apollo

7

noun

Meaning 7

An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hesperus, Vesper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: planet, major planet

History

Etymology

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: yll i mbrëmjes — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Albanian: ylli i mbrëmjes — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Arabic: نَجْمَة الْمَسَاء — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Bulgarian: вечерница (večernica) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Chinese: 長庚 /长庚 (chánggēng) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Czech: večernice — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Dutch: avondster — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Esperanto: vesperstelo — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Finnish: iltatähti — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • French: étoile du soir — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • French: éstoile du soir — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • North Frisian: injstäär — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • North Frisian: eenstäär — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • North Frisian: Injstiar — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Saterland Frisian: Äiwendstiern — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • West-Frisian: jûnstjer — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Galician: estrela da tarde — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Galician: luceiro da tarde — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Galician: estrela da fartura — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • German: Abendstern — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Ancient Greek: ἕσπερος ἀστήρ (hésperos astḗr) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Hungarian: esthajnalcsillag — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Italian: stella della sera — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Italian: vespero — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Japanese: 宵の明星 (yoi no myōjō) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Japanese: ゆふづつ (yufudzutsu) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Karok: ikxuraráhaan — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Karok: ikxunanáhaanich — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Korean: 개밥바라기 (gaebapbaragi) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Korean: 태백성 (taebaekseong) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Latin: Hesperus — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Latin: vesperūgō — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Latin: stēlla vespertīna — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Latvian: vakara zvaigzne — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Lithuanian: vakari̇̀nė žvaigždė̃ — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Lithuanian: vãkaro žvaigždė̃ — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Macedonian: Вече́рница (Večérnica) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Macedonian: вече́рница (večérnica) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Māori: Rangitūahiahi — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Māori: Meremere — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Māori: Meremere-tū-ahiahi — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Navajo: sǫʼtsoh — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Navajo: sǫʼtsoh łigaii — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Old English: æfensteorra — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Old Saxon: āvandsterro — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Polish: Gwiazda Wieczorna — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Polish: gwiazda wieczorna — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Portuguese: estrela da tarde — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Portuguese: estrela d'alva — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ (śām dā tārā) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ (śukkar) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Romanian: luceafărul-de-seară — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Russian: вече́рняя звезда́ (večérnjaja zvezdá) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: Вечерница — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: Вечерња звијезда — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: Večernica — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: Večernja zvijezda — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Slovak: večernica — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Spanish: estrella de la tarde — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Spanish: lucero de la tarde — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Swedish: aftonstjärna — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Thai: ดาวประจําเมือง (daao-bprà-jam-mʉʉang) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Tonga (Malawi): chipurausiku — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Turkish: Akşam Yıldızı — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Ukrainian: вечі́рня зі́рка (večírnja zírka) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Vietnamese: sao Hôm — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Yao (Africa): msonogwe mwesi — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Yiddish: אָוונטשטערן (ovntshtern) — planet Venus seen in the evening
  • Czech: pupalka dvouletá — Oenothera biennis
  • Dutch: middelste teunisbloem — Oenothera biennis
  • Dutch: nachtkeers — Oenothera biennis
  • Dutch: nachtpitjes — Oenothera biennis
  • Dutch: nachtkaars — Oenothera biennis
  • Dutch: leliën-van-een-nacht — Oenothera biennis
  • Dutch: vierentwintiguursbloem — Oenothera biennis
  • Finnish: iltahelokki — Oenothera biennis
  • Russian: осли́нник двуле́тний (oslínnik dvulétnij) — Oenothera biennis
  • Russian: эноте́ра двуле́тняя (enotɛ́ra dvulétnjaja) — Oenothera biennis