Phrase guide

good evening

intj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Used as a greeting in the evening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada

Qualifier: generally formal in US

Examples

  • Good evening everyone and welcome to our 34th annual general meeting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good-den[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".

Across languages

Translations

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: уа, хәылбзиа (wa, xwəlbzja) — greeting said in the evening
  • Afrikaans: goeie naand — greeting said in the evening
  • Albanian: mirëmbrëma — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: مَسَاء الْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: مَسَاء النُّور (masāʔ an-nūr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: مَسَاء الخير (masāʔ al-ḵēr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: مَسَاء النُّور (masāʔ an-nūr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: مسا الخير (masā l-ḵayr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: مسا النور (masā n-nūr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: سعيده (sʕīdi) — greeting said in the evening
  • Arabic: يسعد هالمسا (yisʕud ha-l-masa) — greeting said in the evening
  • Aramaic: רַמְשָׁא טָבָא (ramšā ṭāḇā) — greeting said in the evening
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ramšā ṭāḇā) — greeting said in the evening
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (ramšōḵ brīḵā) — greeting said in the evening
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (ramšāḵ brīḵā) — greeting said in the evening
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܡܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (ramšāwḵōn brīḵā) — greeting said in the evening
  • Aramaic: ܒܪܝܟ ܪܡܫܐ (bərīḵ ramšā) — greeting said in the evening
  • Armenian: բարի երեկո (bari ereko) — greeting said in the evening
  • Asturian: bones tardes — greeting said in the evening
  • Azerbaijani: axşamın xeyir — greeting said in the evening
  • Azerbaijani: axşamınız xeyir — greeting said in the evening
  • Belarusian: до́бры ве́чар (dóbry vjéčar) — greeting said in the evening
  • Bengali: শুভ সন্ধ্যা (śubho śonddha) — greeting said in the evening
  • Central Bikol: marhay na banggi — greeting said in the evening
  • Bulgarian: добъ́р ве́чер (dobǎ́r véčer) — greeting said in the evening
  • Catalan: bon vespre — greeting said in the evening
  • Cebuano: maayong gabii — greeting said in the evening
  • Chechen: суьйре дика йойла (süüre dika jojla) — greeting said in the evening
  • Chichewa: mwachoma bwanji — greeting said in the evening
  • Chichewa: ndachoma bwino — greeting said in the evening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 晚上好 (wǎnshàng hǎo) — greeting said in the evening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 晚安 (wǎn'ān) — greeting said in the evening
  • Cornish: gorthugher da — greeting said in the evening
  • Czech: dobrý večer — greeting said in the evening
  • Danish: godaften — greeting said in the evening
  • Dutch: goedenavond — greeting said in the evening
  • Dzongkha: ཕྱི་རུ་བདེ་ལེགས། (phyi ru bde legs) — greeting said in the evening
  • Esperanto: bonan vesperon — greeting said in the evening
  • Estonian: tere õhtust — greeting said in the evening
  • Estonian: õhtust — greeting said in the evening
  • Ewe: fiẽ — greeting said in the evening
  • Faroese: gott kvøld — greeting said in the evening
  • Finnish: hyvää iltaa — greeting said in the evening
  • Finnish: iltaa — greeting said in the evening
  • French: bonsoir — greeting said in the evening
  • West-Frisian: goejûn — greeting said in the evening
  • West-Frisian: jûn — greeting said in the evening
  • Friulian: buine sere — greeting said in the evening
  • Galician: boa noite — greeting said in the evening
  • Galician: boas noites — greeting said in the evening
  • Galician: boa tarde — greeting said in the evening
  • Galician: boas tardes — greeting said in the evening
  • Galician: bó serán — greeting said in the evening
  • Georgian: საღამო მშვიდობისა (saɣamo mšvidobisa) — greeting said in the evening
  • German: guten Abend — greeting said in the evening
  • German: guete Abig — greeting said in the evening
  • German: gueten Abig — greeting said in the evening
  • Greek: καλησπέρα (kalispéra) — greeting said in the evening
  • Greek: καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády) — greeting said in the evening
  • Greenlandic: godaften — greeting said in the evening
  • Guianese Creole: bonswè — greeting said in the evening
  • Hanunoo: mayad pag yabi — greeting said in the evening
  • Hawaiian: aloha ahiahi — greeting said in the evening
  • Hebrew: עֶרֶב טוֹב (érev tov) — greeting said in the evening
  • Hiligaynon: maayong gab-i — greeting said in the evening
  • Hindi: नमस्ते (namaste) — greeting said in the evening
  • Hindi: शुभ संध्या (śubh sandhyā) — greeting said in the evening
  • Hungarian: jó estét — greeting said in the evening
  • Hungarian: jó estét kívánok — greeting said in the evening
  • Icelandic: gott kvöld — greeting said in the evening
  • Ido: bona vespero — greeting said in the evening
  • Ilocano: naimbag a rabii — greeting said in the evening
  • Indonesian: selamat malam — greeting said in the evening
  • Ingrian: hyvvää iltaa — greeting said in the evening
  • Ingrian: tere iltaa — greeting said in the evening
  • Irish: tráthnóna maith agat — greeting said in the evening
  • Italian: buona sera — greeting said in the evening
  • Italian: buonasera — greeting said in the evening
  • Japanese: 今晩は (konban wa) — greeting said in the evening
  • Japanese: お晩です (o-ban desu) — greeting said in the evening
  • Javanese: sugeng dalu — greeting said in the evening
  • Javanese: sugeng sonten — greeting said in the evening
  • Karelian: hyviä ildua — greeting said in the evening
  • Kazakh: қайырлы кеш (qaiyrly keş) — greeting said in the evening
  • Khmer: សាយណ្ហសួស្តី (saayan suəsdəy) — greeting said in the evening
  • Korean: 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) — greeting said in the evening
  • Korean: 좋은 저녁이에요 (jo'eun jeonyeog-ieyo) — greeting said in the evening
  • Korean: 좋은 저녁입니다 (jo'eun jeonyeog-imnida) — greeting said in the evening
  • Kumyk: геч яхшы болсун (geç yaxşı bolsun) — greeting said in the evening
  • Central Kurdish: ئێوارەت باش (êwaret baş) — greeting said in the evening
  • Northern Kurdish: êvarbaş — greeting said in the evening
  • Latvian: labvakar — greeting said in the evening
  • Latvian: labs vakars — greeting said in the evening
  • Lithuanian: labas vakaras — greeting said in the evening
  • Louisiana Creole: bonswa — greeting said in the evening
  • Louisiana Creole: bonswar — greeting said in the evening
  • Luo: oimore — greeting said in the evening
  • Luxembourgish: gudden Owend — greeting said in the evening
  • Macanese: bô-nôte — greeting said in the evening
  • Macedonian: добровечер (dobrovečer) — greeting said in the evening
  • Malay: سلامت ڤتڠ — greeting said in the evening
  • Malay: selamat petang — greeting said in the evening
  • Maltese: il-lejla t-tajba — greeting said in the evening
  • Maltese: bonasira — greeting said in the evening
  • Mòcheno: guats mol — greeting said in the evening
  • Mongolian: оройн мэнд — greeting said in the evening
  • Navajo: yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́ — greeting said in the evening
  • Navajo: nizhónígo hííłchʼįʼ neeʼaʼdooleeł — greeting said in the evening
  • Nheengatu: puranga pituna — greeting said in the evening
  • Norwegian Bokmål: god kveld — greeting said in the evening
  • Norwegian Bokmål: god aften — greeting said in the evening
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: god kveld — greeting said in the evening
  • Occitan: bon vèspre — greeting said in the evening
  • Occitan: bonser — greeting said in the evening
  • Palauan: ungil kebesengei — greeting said in the evening
  • Pannonian Rusyn: добри вечар (dobri večar) — greeting said in the evening
  • Persian: عَصْر بَخَیْر (asr baxayr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Persian: شَب بَخَیْر (šab baxayr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Iranian Persian: عَصْر بِخِیْر (asr bexeyr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Iranian Persian: شَب بِخِیْر (šab bexeyr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Plautdietsch: gooden Owent — greeting said in the evening
  • Polish: dobry wieczór — greeting said in the evening
  • Portuguese: boa noite — greeting said in the evening
  • Portuguese: boa tarde — greeting said in the evening
  • Potawatomi: mno bkonyamget — greeting said in the evening
  • Romani: laćhi rǎt — greeting said in the evening
  • Romanian: bună seara — greeting said in the evening
  • Romansh: buna saira — greeting said in the evening
  • Romblomanon: maayo nga gabii — greeting said in the evening
  • Russian: до́брый ве́чер (dóbryj véčer) — greeting said in the evening
  • Inari-Sami: pyeri eehid — greeting said in the evening
  • Northern Sami: buorrẹ eahkẹt — greeting said in the evening
  • Skolt-Sami: šiõǥǥ jeä ́ǩǩää — greeting said in the evening
  • Southern Sami: buerie iehkede — greeting said in the evening
  • Scottish Gaelic: feasgar math — greeting said in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: добро вече — greeting said in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: добра вечер — greeting said in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: dobro veče — greeting said in the evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: dobra večer — greeting said in the evening
  • Shona: maneru — greeting said in the evening
  • Slovak: dobrý večer — greeting said in the evening
  • Slovene: dober večer — greeting said in the evening
  • Lower Sorbian: dobry wjacor — greeting said in the evening
  • Upper Sorbian: dobry wječor — greeting said in the evening
  • Spanish: buenas noches — greeting said in the evening
  • Spanish: buenas tardes — greeting said in the evening
  • Spanish: buenos vésperos — greeting said in the evening
  • Sranan Tongo: kuneti — greeting said in the evening
  • Swahili: habari ya jioni — greeting said in the evening
  • Swedish: god kväll — greeting said in the evening
  • Swedish: god afton — greeting said in the evening
  • Tagalog: magandang gabi — greeting said in the evening
  • Tajik: шоми хуш (šom-i xuš) — greeting said in the evening
  • Tajik: шаб ба хайр (šab ba xayr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Thai: สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii) — greeting said in the evening
  • Thai: สายัณห์สวัสดิ์ (sǎa-yan-sà-wàt) — greeting said in the evening
  • Turkish: iyi akşamlar — greeting said in the evening
  • Turkish: tünaydın — greeting said in the evening
  • Ottoman Turkish: مساء الخیر (mesaʾ al-xayr) — greeting said in the evening
  • Udmurt: ӟеч ӝытэн (dźeć džyten) — greeting said in the evening
  • Ukrainian: до́брий ве́чір (dóbryj véčir) — greeting said in the evening
  • Ukrainian: добри́вечір (dobrývečir) — greeting said in the evening
  • Urdu: شام بَخَیر (śām baxair) — greeting said in the evening
  • Urdu: شَب بَخَیر (śab baxair) — greeting said in the evening
  • Uzbek: hayrli kech — greeting said in the evening
  • Vietnamese: chào buổi tối — greeting said in the evening
  • Vietnamese: xin chào buổi tối — greeting said in the evening
  • Volapük: soari gudik — greeting said in the evening
  • Welsh: noswaith dda — greeting said in the evening
  • Winnebago: hoxjąną pį — greeting said in the evening
  • Yiddish: אַ גוטן אָוונט (a gutn ovnt) — greeting said in the evening
  • Yucatec Maya: ma'alob 'aak'ab — greeting said in the evening
  • Zulu: sawubona — greeting said in the evening
  • Zulu: sanibonani — greeting said in the evening