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night
English
Alternative forms
- nite (informal)
Etymology
From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, ni?t, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night”). Cognate with Scots nicht, neicht (“night”), West Frisian nacht (“night”), Dutch nacht (“night”), Low German Nacht (“night”), German Nacht (“night”), Danish nat (“night”), Swedish and Norwegian natt (“night”), Faroese nátt (“night”), Icelandic nótt (“night”), Latin nox (“night”), Greek ????? (nýchta, “night”), Russian ???? (no??, “night”), Sanskrit ????? (nákti, “night”).
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) enPR: n?t, IPA(key): /na?t/
- (UK, Scottish) IPA(key): /n??t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Homophone: knight
Noun
night (countable and uncountable, plural nights)
- (countable) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
- (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (law, countable) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- (countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
- (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:night.
Synonyms
- (evening or night spent at a particular activity): evening; see also Thesaurus:nighttime or Thesaurus:evening
- (quality of sleep): sleep
- (nightfall): dark, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset; see also Thesaurus:dusk
- (darkness): blackness, darkness, gloom, obscurity, shadow
Antonyms
- (period between sunset and sunrise): day; see also Thesaurus:daytime
- (darkness): brightness, daylight, light
Hypernyms
- 24-hour day
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Pijin: naet
- ? Korean: ??? (naiteu)
Translations
See also
- (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight (Category: en:Times of day)
Interjection
night
- Ellipsis of good night
Translations
Verb
night (third-person singular simple present nights, present participle nighting, simple past and past participle nighted)
- To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
- 2008, Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes, p.284:
- "So I took seat and ate somewhat of my vivers, my horse also feeding upon his fodder, and we nighted in that spot and next morning I set out […]."
- 2008, Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes, p.284:
References
- night at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Thing, thing
Italian
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, borrowed from English night with the meaning of nightclub.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?najt/
- Hyphenation: night
Noun
night m (invariable)
- nightclub
- 2014, Gianfranco Tomei, Sole nero, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, page 42.
- 2014, Gianfranco Tomei, Sole nero, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, page 42.
Middle English
Noun
night (plural nights)
- Alternative form of nighte
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English night.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?najt??/
Noun
night f (plural nights)
- nightlife (nocturnal entertainment activities, especially parties and shows)
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nighs
English
Verb
nighs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nigh
Anagrams
- Hings, Singh
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