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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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whippoorwill
English
Alternative forms
- whip-poor-will
Etymology
Imitative of its note.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?(h)w?p.?.?w?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?p.?.?w?l/
- Hyphenation: whip?poor?will
Noun
whippoorwill (plural whippoorwills)
- a nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America, Caprimulgus vociferus, a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call.
Translations
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