n.
Variant: or soi · rée
Pronunciation: swä- ' r ā
Function: noun
Etymology: French soirée evening period, evening party, from Middle French, from soir evening, from Latin sero at a late hour, from serus late; akin to Old Irish sír longitude, lasting and perhaps to Old English s ī th late ― more at SINCE
Date: 1802
: a party or reception held in the evening