Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vesper

/ˈvɛspɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: ves-per
IPA: /ˈvɛspɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.

noun

noun

A vesper martini.

noun

adj

name

The planet Venus as the evening star.

name

A surname from German.

name

A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Example Sentences

"In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine."
"‘I think it’s a fine name,’ said Bond. An idea struck him. ‘Can I borrow it?’ He explained about the special martini he had invented and his search for a name for it. ‘The Vesper,’ he said. ‘It sounds perfect and it’s very appropriate to the violet hour when my cocktail will now be drunk all over the world. Can I have it?’"
"Almost all vespers are insect catchers."
"On Sumter’s rampart, that sweet eve, / I heard the vesper bugle play […]"
"Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus"

Etymology

From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”). The martini name was coined by English novelist Ian Fleming in 1953 in his novel Casino Royale, where fictional secret agent James Bond concocts the recipe and names it after the character Vesper Lynd.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvɛspɚ/
British English: /ˈvɛspə/

Inflected Forms

vespers (plural)

Derived Forms

vespertide

Phrases

vesper mouse vesper sparrow

Synonyms

Hesperus evenstar Phosphorus Eosphorus Lucifer morning star Venus

Rhymes With

esper hesper desper

Questions

How do you pronounce vesper?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɛspɚ/.
What does vesper mean?: The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
Where does vesper come from?: From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”). The martini name was coined by English novelist Ian Fleming in 1953 in his novel Casino Royale, where fictional secret agent James Bond concocts the recipe and names it after the character Vesper Lynd.

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