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Evening French Phrases
Once you’ve learned the difference between soir and soirée, cement your knowledge with some idioms and set expressions featuring these somewhat synonyms.
Proverb with soir
| Araignée du matin, chagrin, araignée du soir, espoir. | A spider in the morning is bad luck, a spider at night is good luck |
Expressions with soir
| à prendre matin midi et soir | to be taken three times a day | ||
| arriver un beau soir | to (just) turn up one evening | ||
| au soir de sa vie | to be in the evening of his life | ||
| l’autre soir | the other night | ||
| bonsoir | (one word!) | good evening | |
| ce soir | tonight, this evening | ||
| ce soir-là | that night | ||
| les cours du soir | night classes | ||
| demain soir | tomorrow night / evening | ||
| du matin au soir | from morning til night | ||
| du soir au matin | from night till morning; bed and breakfast | ||
| l’étoile du soir | Venus | ||
| être du soir | to be a night owl | ||
| hier soir | last night, yesterday evening | ||
| matin, midi et soir | morning, noon, and night | ||
| le repas du soir | evening meal | ||
| une robe du soir | evening gown | ||
| le soir de la vie | end of life | ||
| le soir descend / tombe | evening is closing in | ||
| la veille au soir | the previous evening | ||
| Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir ? | Do you want to sleep with me tonight? | ||
Expressions with soirée
| bonne soirée | have a nice evening | |
| le capitaine de soirée | designated driver | |
| une soirée | party, evening performance | |
| une soirée dansante | dance | |
| la tenue de soirée | formal wear, evening dress | |
| la tenue de soirée de rigueur | black tie |
Related lessons
- Soir vs soirée
- Bonsoir and other greetings
- Bonne soirée and other parting words
- Telling time in French
- Expressions with an / année
- Expressions with jour / journée
- Expressions with matin / matinée
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