Night
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English
Alternate Spellings
- nite (informal)
Pronunciation
- /nīt/
- [naɪt̚]
- Homophones: knight
- Rhymes: -aɪt
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English niht. Cognates include Ancient Greek νυξ (nux), Latin nox, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts), German Nacht, Russian ночь (noch').
Noun
night (Plural: nights)
- the period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark.
- (countable) darkness.
- The cat disappeared into the night.
Antonyms
Derived Terms
- at night
- day and night
- Friday night
- last night
- Monday night
- nightly
- nighttime, night-time
- Saturday night
- Sunday night
- Thursday night
- tomorrow night
- Tuesday night
- Wednesday night
- yesterday night
Translations
- Breton: nozvezh f (1), noz f (1,2)
- Bulgarian: нощ f
- Catalan: nit f
- Chinese: 夜 (yè), 夜晚 (yèwǎn)
- Czech: noc f
- Dutch: nacht m
- Esperanto: nokto
- Estonian: öö
- Finnish: yö (1,2)
- French: nuit f (1,2), noirceur (2), oscurité (2)
- German: Nacht f
- Modern Greek: νύχτα f
- Ancient Greek: νυξ (nux)
- Hebrew: לילה m
- Indonesian: malam
- Irish: oíche
- Italian: notte f
- Japanese: 夜 (よる, yoru)
- Jèrriais: niet f
- Latin: nox f nom., noctis gen.
- Lithuanian: naktis f
- Farsi: شب (shab)
- Polish: noc f
- Russian: ночь f (noch')
- Scots Gaelic: oidhche
- Slovak: noc f
- Slovene: noč f (1), tema f (2)
- Spanish: noche f
- Swedish: natt, c
- Tok Pisin: nait
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