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soiree

noun · 2 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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  • UK, US: /ˌswɑːˈɹeɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: S W AA0 R EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A formal evening party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: party

Narrower terms: musical soiree, soiree musicale

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French soir French -ée French soiréebor. English soiree Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”).

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: вечары́нка (vječarýnka) — formal evening party
  • Bulgarian: вечери́нка (večerínka) — formal evening party
  • Bulgarian: соаре́ (soaré) — formal evening party
  • Chinese Cantonese: 晚宴 (maan5 jin3) — formal evening party
  • Chinese: 晚宴 (boán-iàn) — formal evening party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 晚宴 (wǎnyàn) — formal evening party
  • Dutch: soiree — formal evening party
  • Esperanto: amuzvespero — formal evening party
  • Finnish: vastaanotto — formal evening party
  • French: soirée — formal evening party
  • Galician: serán — formal evening party
  • German: Soiree — formal evening party
  • Greek: εσπερίδα (esperída) — formal evening party
  • Hungarian: estély — formal evening party
  • Ido: vesperfesto — formal evening party
  • Ido: vesperkunveno — formal evening party
  • Japanese: 夜会 (yakai) — formal evening party
  • Khmer: រាត្រី (riətrəy) — formal evening party
  • Korean: 야회 (yahoe) — formal evening party
  • Ladino: suare — formal evening party
  • Macedonian: вече́ринка (večérinka) — formal evening party
  • Macedonian: соаре́ (soaré) — formal evening party
  • Portuguese: sarau — formal evening party
  • Russian: банке́т (bankét) — formal evening party
  • Russian: зва́ный ве́чер (zványj véčer) — formal evening party
  • Russian: суаре́ (suarɛ́) — formal evening party
  • Russian: вечери́нка (večerínka) — formal evening party
  • Russian: ве́чер (véčer) — formal evening party
  • Serbo-Croatian: вечеринка — formal evening party
  • Serbo-Croatian: соаре — formal evening party
  • Serbo-Croatian: večerinka — formal evening party
  • Serbo-Croatian: soare — formal evening party
  • Spanish: velada — formal evening party
  • Spanish: tardeada — formal evening party
  • Spanish: verbena — formal evening party
  • Turkish: suare — formal evening party
  • Ukrainian: вечі́рка (večírka) — formal evening party