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{{also|Event|event|évent}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}
From {{der|en|frm|event}}, from {{der|en|la|ēventus||an event, occurrence}}, from {{m|la|ēveniō||to happen, to fall out, to come out}}, from {{m|la|ē||out of, from}}, short form of {{m|la|ex}} + {{m|la|veniō||come}}; related to {{m|en|venture}}, {{m|en|advent}}, {{m|en|convent}}, {{m|en|invent}}, {{m|en|convene}}, {{m|en|evene}}, etc.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/ɪˈvɛnt/|/iˈvɛnt/}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-event.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˈvɛnt/|a=weak vowel}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈiːveɳʈ/|a=Indic}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛnt|s=2}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# An [[occurrence]]; something that happens.
#* {{RQ:Macaulay Goldsmith|passage=the '''events''' of his early years}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Climate Change and the Health of Nations|author=Anthony J. McMichael; Alistair Woodward; Cameron Muir|year=2017|ISBN=9780190262952|page=67
|passage=Experience in Australia indicates that after a devastating weather '''event''', up to one-fifth of people suffer the debilitating effects of extreme stress, emotional injury, and despair.}}
# A [[prearranged]] [[social]] [[activity]] ([[function]], etc.)
#: {{ux|en|I went to an '''event''' in San Francisco last week.}}
#: {{ux|en|Where will the '''event''' be held?}}
# One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
# An end [[result]]; an [[outcome]] (now chiefly in phrases).
#* {{RQ:Burton Melancholy|edition=2nd|partition=2|section=3|member=3
|passage=hard beginnings have many times prosperous '''events'''&nbsp;[…].}}
#* '''1707''', [[w:Semele (Eccles)|Semele]], by Eccles and Congrieve; scene 8
#*: Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire '''Event'''.
#* {{RQ:Young Night-Thoughts|night=4
|passage=dark doubts between the promise and '''event'''}}
#: ''In the '''event''', he turned out to have what I needed anyway.''
# {{lb|en|figurative|uncommon|dated}} A [[remarkable]] [[person]].
#: {{syn|en|sensation}}
#* {{quote-av|en|year=1985|title=Miss Marple: The Moving Finger|role=Mr. Pye|actor=Richard Pearson|passage=Miss Burton, you are an '''event'''! Sleepy, old Lymston's going to love you! Bye-bye. Bye.}}
# {{lb|en|physics}} A point in [[spacetime]] having three [[spatial]] [[coordinate]]s and one [[temporal]] coordinate.
# {{lb|en|computing}} A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an [[application]] or the [[operating system]] (event [[listener]]). When an event occurs an [[event handler]] is called which performs a specific task.
# {{lb|en|probability theory}} A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the [[sample space]].
#: If <math>X</math> is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of '''events''' could be: <math>X = 1</math>, <math>X = 2</math>, <math> X \ge 5, X \not = 4,</math> and <math>X \isin \{1,3,5\}</math>.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Measure|III|ii|passage=Leave we him to his '''events'''.}}
# {{lb|en|medicine}} An episode of severe health conditions.

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col|en
|blessed event
|credit event
|current events
|doomsday event
|episodic events
|extinction event
|media event
|quick time event
|risk event
|sentinel event
|social event
|speciation event
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en|title=Some may be Hyponyms|K-T extinction event|event sink|bioevent|coevent|eventer|eventgoer|eventhood|eventify|eventive|eventization|eventize|eventlike|eventness|eventology|eventscape|interevent|megaevent|microevent|misevent|multievent|nonevent|perievent|postevent|pseudoevent|subevent|unevent|main event
|event data recorder
|event-driven
|event handler<!-- like in "event-handler attributes" -->
|afterevent|canon event|liquidity event
|eventful|Lago Mare event|Messinian event
|evential
|eventism|adverse event
|eventless
|event recorder|event time|Tunguska event
|eventual
|non-event
|anoxic event|at any event|black swan event|Bond event|certain event|Christ event|combined event|cosmic event horizon|doujin event|energetic event|event derivative|event loop|event marketing|event tree|event-based|event-based programming|event-driven architecture|event-driven programming|event-goer|event-related potential|extinction event|extinction level event|field event|impossible event|in any event|in the event of|in the event that|it is easy to be wise after the event|life event|mass extinction event|never event|road event|signalling event|special event|tail event|then and in that event|track event|transient luminous event|Triassic-Jurassic extinction event|whiting event|after-event|Miyake event}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col3|en
|event horizon
|in the event
|wise after the event}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|occurrence}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|ngjarje|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|وَاقِعَة|f}}, {{t|ar|حَادِثَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|դեպք}}, {{t+|hy|պատահար}}, {{t+|hy|դիպված}}, {{t+|hy|իրադարձություն}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|vaqiə}}, {{t+|az|hadisə}}, {{t+|az|olay}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ваҡиға}}, {{t|ba|хәл}}, {{t|ba|осраҡ}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|падзе́я|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ঘটনা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съби́тие|n}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|စဉ်းဝါး}}, {{t+|my|အခြင်း}}, {{t+|my|အဖြစ်အပျက်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|esdeveniment|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|事件|tr=si6 gin6-2}}, {{t|yue|活動|tr=wut6 dung6}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|сыҗян}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|事件|tr=sṳ-khien}}, {{t|hak|活動|tr=fa̍t-thung}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|事件|tr=sū-kiāⁿ}}, {{t|nan-hbl|活動|tr=oa̍h-tāng}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|事件}}, {{t+|cmn|活動}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|událost|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|begivenhed|c}}, {{t+|da|hændelse|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gebeurtenis|f}}, {{t+|nl|evenement|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|okazaĵo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sündmus}}, {{t|et|seik}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tapahtuma}}, {{t+|fi|tapaus}}, {{t+|fi|ilmiö}}
* French: {{t+|fr|événement|m}}, {{t+|fr|évènement|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|evento|m}}, {{t+|gl|acontecemento|m}}, {{t+|gl|suceso|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მოვლენა}}, {{t|ka|შემთხვევა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ereignis|n}}, {{t+|de|Geschehnis|n}}, {{t+|de|Vorgang|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γεγονός|n}}, {{t+|el|συμβάν|n}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|evènman}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אירוע|m|tr=erúa|alt=אירוע \ אֵרוּעַ}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|घटना|f}}, {{t|hi|वाक़या|m}}, {{t+|hi|हादिसा|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|esemény}}, {{t+|hu|történés}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|atburður|m}}, {{t+|is|atvik|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|evento}}, {{t+|io|eventajo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kejadian}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|evento|m}}, {{t+|it|fatto|m}}, {{t+|it|accadimento|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|イベント|tr=ibento}}, {{t+|ja|出来事|tr=できごと, dekigoto}}, {{t+|ja|事件|tr=じけん, jiken}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|оқиға}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍}}, {{t|km|ហេតុការណ៍}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|행사(行事)}}, {{t+|ko|이벤트}}, {{t+|ko|사건(事件)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ڕووداو}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|bûyer}}, {{t+|kmr|rûdan}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|окуя}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|evenimiento}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ເຫດການ|tr=hēt kān}}
* Latin: {{t|la|ēventum|n}}, {{t|la|fors|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|notikums|m}}, {{t|lv|gadījums|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|įvykis|m}}, {{t|lt|atsitikimas|m}}, {{t|lt|renginys|m}}, {{t|lt|atvejis|m}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦃᦸᧉᦂᦱᧃ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|настан|m}}, {{t|mk|збиднување|n}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|peristiwa}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|cruinnaght|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|taiopenga}} {{qualifier|cultural or social}}, {{t|mi|pureitanga}} {{qualifier|sports}}, {{t|mi|takunetanga}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|घटना|f}}, {{t|mr|प्रसंग|m}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|явдал}}, {{t|mn|үйл явдал}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|programpost|m}}
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hendelse|m}}, {{t+|nb|begivenhet|m|f}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|eveniment|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ġelimp|n}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|رویداد|f|tr=roydā́d}}, {{t|ps|واقعه|m|tr=wāqe'á}}, {{t+|ps|حادثه|f|tr=hādesá}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|رویْداد|tr=ruydâd}}, {{t+|fa|واقِعِه|tr=vâqe'e}}, {{t+|fa|حادِثِه|tr=hâdese}}, {{t+|fa|رخْداد|tr=roxdâd}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wydarzenie|n}}, {{t+|pl|impreza|f}}, {{t+|pl|przypadek|m}}, {{t+|pl|zdarzenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|evento}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|eveniment|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|собы́тие|n}}, {{t+|ru|происше́ствие|m}}, {{t+|ru|слу́чай|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|घटना|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|tuiteamas|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зби́ва̄ње|n}}, {{t|sh|до̏гађа̄ј|m}}, {{t|sh|дешавање|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|zbívānje|n}}, {{t+|sh|dȍgađāj|m}}, {{t|sh|dešavanje|n}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|udalosť|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dogodek|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|tšojenje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|evento|m}}, {{t+|es|suceso|m}}, {{t+|es|acontecimiento|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kisa}}, {{t+|sw|tukio}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|händelse|c}}, {{t+|sv|evenemang|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|pangyayari}}, {{t|tl|balagha}}, {{t|tl|yari}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|рӯйдод}}, {{t+|tg|воқеа}}, {{t+|tg|ҳодиса}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|очрак}}, {{t+|tt|вакыйга}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เหตุการณ์}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|wäntare}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|olay}}, {{t+|tr|hadise}}, {{t+|tr|vaka}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|waka}}, {{t|tk|hadysa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|поді́я|f}}, {{t+|uk|за́хід|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|گَھٹْنا|f}}, {{t|ur|واقِعَہ|m}}, {{t+|ur|حادِثَہ|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ۋەقە}}, {{t|ug|ھادىسە}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|voqea}}, {{t+|uz|hodisa}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sự kiện}}, {{t+|vi|sự việc}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|digwyddiad|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|געשעעניש|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|prearranged social activity}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|begivenhed|c}}, {{t|da|event|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tapahtuma}}, {{t+|fi|tilaisuus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Veranstaltung|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rendezvény}}, {{t+|hu|összejövetel}}, {{t+|hu|ülés}}, {{t+|hu|alkalom}}, {{t+|hu|program}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|arrangement|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|arrangement|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|event|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|evenemang|n}}, {{t+|sv|arrangemang|n}}, {{t+|sv|begivenhet|c}}, {{t+|sv|tillställning|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|поді́я|f|tr=podíja}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|one of several contests that combine to make up a sports competition}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gren|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|in phrases: an end result, an outcome|ultimately|in the end|eventually}}

{{trans-top|physics: point in spacetime}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պատահար}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съби́тие|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|事件|tr=shìjiàn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|událost|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|begivenhed}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tapahtuma}}
* French: {{t+|fr|événement|m}}, {{t+|fr|évènement|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γεγονός|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|esemény}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|evento|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|事件|tr=じけん, shigen}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|사건(事件)}}
* Latin: {{t|la|eventum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|notikums|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|настан|m}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|बिंदू|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|eveniment|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zdarzenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|evento|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|собы́тие|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dogodek|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|evento}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|tukio}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|händelse}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|pangyayari}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|computing: action which triggers an event handler}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|事件|tr=shìjiàn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tapahtuma}}
* French: {{t+|fr|événement|m}}, {{t+|fr|évènement|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ereignis|n}}
* Greek: {{t|el|συμβαν|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אירוע|m|tr=erú`a}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|atburður|m}}, {{t+|is|atvik|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|evento|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|イベント|tr=ibento}}
* Latin: {{t|la|eventum|n}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|настан|m}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|इव्हेंट}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|eveniment|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|رویْداد|tr=ruydâd}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zdarzenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|evento|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|собы́тие|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|evento|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kisa}}, {{t+|sw|tukio}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|händelse|c}}, {{t+|sv|event|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|pangyayari}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ঘটনা}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|事件}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jev|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hændelse|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tapahtuma}}
* French: {{t+|fr|événement|m}}, {{t+|fr|évènement|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ხდომილება}}, {{t|ka|ხდომილობა}}, {{t|ka|ალბათური ხდომილება}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|evento|m}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|사건(事件)}}
* Latin: {{t|la|eventum|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pāpono}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|eveniment|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پیشامَد|tr=pišâmad}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zdarzenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|evento|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|собы́тие|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|evento|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|händelse|c}}, {{t+|sv|utfall|n}}, {{t+|sv|fall|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|pangyayari}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|medicine: an episode of severe health conditions}}
* French: {{t+|fr|accident}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|accidente}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|acidente}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|accidente}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|skede|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|okazo}}, {{t+|eo|evento}}
* German: {{t-check|de|Wertungslauf}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+check|lt|įvykis|n}}
* Malayalam: {{t+check|ml|സംഭവം|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====Further reading=====
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[occur]], [[take place]].
#* '''1590''', [[w:Robert Greene (dramatist)|Robert Greene]], ''Greene’s Never Too Late'', in ''The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene'', Volume 8, Huff Library, 1881, p. 33,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924064951514]</sup>
#*: {{...}} I will first rehearse you an ''English'' Historie acted and '''evented''' in my Countrey of ''England'' {{...}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|en|fr|éventer}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To be [[emit]]ted or [[breathe]]d out; to [[evaporate]].
#* c. '''1597''', {{w|Ben Jonson}}, ''{{w|The Case is Altered}}'', Act V, Scene 8, in {{w|C. H. Herford}} and Percy Simpson (editors), ''Ben Jonson'', Volume 3, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927, p. 178,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.182076]</sup>
#*: ô that thou sawst my heart, or didst behold
#*: The place from whence that scalding sigh '''evented'''.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1615|author=[[w:William Barclay (writer)|William Barclay]]|title=Callirhoe; commonly called The Well of Spa or The Nymph of Aberdene|location=Aberdeen|year_published=1799|page=12|url=https://archive.org/details/b21695489
|passage=This is the reason why this water hath no such force when it is carried, as it hath at the spring it self: because the vertue of it consisteth in a spiritual and occulte qualitie, which '''eventeth''' and vanisheth by the carriage.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[expose]] to the air, [[ventilate]].
#* '''1559''', attributed to [[w:William Baldwin (author)|William Baldwin]], “How the Lorde Clyfford for his straunge and abhominable cruelty came to as straunge and sodayne a death” in ''{{w|The Mirror for Magistrates}}'', Part III, edited by {{w|Joseph Haslewood}}, London: Lackington, Allen & Co., 1815, Volume 2, p. 198,<sup>[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001017276]</sup>
#*: For as I would my [[gorget]] have undon
#*: To '''event''' the heat that had mee nigh undone,
#*: An headles arrow strake mee through the throte,
#*: Where through my soule forsooke his fylthy cote.
#* '''1598''', {{w|George Chapman}}, The Third Sestiad, ''[[w:Hero and Leander (poem)|Hero and Leander]]'' (completion of the poem begun by {{w|Christopher Marlowe}}),<sup>[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/20356/pg20356-images.html]</sup>
#*: {{...}} as [[w:Apollo|Phœbus]] throws
#*: His beams abroad, though he in clouds be clos’d,
#*: Still glancing by them till he find oppos’d
#*: A loose and rorid vapour that is fit
#*: T’ '''event''' his searching beams, and useth it
#*: To form a tender twenty-colour’d eye,
#*: Cast in a circle round about the sky {{...}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
{{root|da|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}
Borrowed from {{bor|da|en|event}}, from {{der|da|frm|event}}, from {{der|da|la|ēventus||an event, occurrence}}, from {{m|la|ēveniō||to happen, to fall out, to come out}}, from {{m|la|ē||out of, from}}, short form of {{m|la|ex}} + {{m|la|veniō||come}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/ɛˈvɛnt/}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun}}

# An {{l|en|event}}, a prearranged social activity (function, etc.).
#: {{ux|da|Det var et stort '''event''' i Stockholmsmessen idag.|There was a big '''event''' in the Stockholm fair today.}}

====Declension====
{{rfinfl|da}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|da|begivenhed}}

===See also===
* {{l|da|eventuel}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pl|en|event}}, from {{der|pl|frm|event}}, from {{der|pl|la|ēventus}}, from {{m|la|ēveniō}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|iwent|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-event.wav|h=e.vent}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{l|en|event}} {{gl|prearranged social activity}}
#: {{hyper|pl|wydarzenie}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
{{root|sv|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}
Borrowed from {{bor|sv|en|event}}, from {{der|sv|frm|event}}, from {{der|sv|la|ēventus||an event, occurrence}}, from {{m|sv|ēveniō||to happen, to fall out, to come out}}, from {{m|la|ē||out of, from}}, short form of {{m|la|ex}} + {{m|la|veniō||come}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/ɛˈvɛnt/}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# An {{l|en|event}}, a prearranged social activity (function, etc.).
#: {{ux|sv|Det var ett stort '''event''' i Stockholmsmässan idag.|There was a big '''event''' in the Stockholm fair today.}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|evenemang}}
* {{l|sv|eventuell}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=eentv|teven|veten}}