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nocturnal
English
Etymology
From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal, nightly”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ??? (núx), Sanskrit ????? (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *no??.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /n?k?t??(?)n?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /n?k?t?n?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
Adjective
nocturnal (comparative more nocturnal, superlative most nocturnal)
- (of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night.
- (of an occurrence) Taking place at night, nightly.
Antonyms
- diurnal
Coordinate terms
- crepuscular
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
nocturnal (plural nocturnals)
- A person or creature that is active at night.
- (historical) A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars.
- Synonym: star clock
- 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin 2016, p. 188:
- A rather different instrument was the nocturnal: it enabled you to tell the time at night, provided you knew the date, from the position of the stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, which rotate around the Pole Star.
Old French
Adjective
nocturnal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nocturnale)
- nocturnal
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (nocturnal)
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galago
English
Etymology
Scientific Latin Galago (as a genus name), probably from Wolof golo (“monkey”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???le????/
Noun
galago (plural galagos or galagoes)
- Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the genus Galago, with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. [from 19th c.]
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 146:
- From the trees comes the doleful cry of the black-faced dioch, and the weary rustle of galagos creeping back to their nests after a meticulous night's prowl.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 146:
Synonyms
- bushbaby, bush baby
Translations
See also
- galago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Galago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Finnish
Noun
galago
- galago
French
Noun
galago m (plural galagos)
- galago
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