different between sky vs night

English

Alternative forms

• skie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *skiwj?, *skiwô (“cloud, cloud cover, haze”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide, cloud”).

Partially displaced Middle English heven, from Old English heofon (whence English heaven). Compare German Himmel and Dutch hemel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ska?/, enPR: sk?
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: Sky, Skye

Noun

sky (plural skies)

1. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.

2. The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.

   • So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

   • She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

3. Heaven.

4. Ellipsis of sky blue
5. (mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
6. (colloquial, dated) In an art gallery, the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen.
7. (obsolete) A cloud.

Usage notes

Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.

Synonyms

• firmament
• heaven
• lift
• (the set of lightlike lines) celestial sphere

Derived terms

Related terms

• skylark
• the sky's the limit
• reach for the sky

Translations

See sky/translations § Noun.

Verb

sky (third-person singular simple present skies, present participle skying, simple past and past participle skied or skyed) (transitive)

1. (slang) To toss upwards.
   • 1894, Cornelis Stoffel, Studies in English, Written and Spoken (page IX)

     In 'skying' a coin for the purpose of deciding a point at issue between two parties, two methods are in vogue: […]

2. (sports) To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
3. (sports) To clear (a hurdle, high jump bar, etc.) by a large margin.
4. (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
   • The Century

     Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.

5. (colloquial) To drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container.

References

• “sky”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• KYS, YKS, YSK, Yks., kys

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?sky?]

Etymology 1

Possibly from Middle Low German sch?we, sch?, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh, cf. English shy and German scheu

Adjective

sky (neuter sky, plural and definite singular attributive sky)

1. shy

Synonyms

• bly
• genert

References

• “sky,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwj? (“cloud, cloud cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).

Noun

sky c (singular definite skyen, plural indefinite skyer)

1. cloud

Inflection

References

• “sky,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From French jus, from Latin i?s (“gravy, broth, sauce”). The Danish word was probably borrowed via German Jus or Schü, pronounced IPA^(key): [??y?], with a regular substitution of German /?/ with Danish /sk/.

Noun

sky c (singular definite skyen, not used in plural form)

1. gravy, stock (a kind of soup)
2. jelly (made of gravy)
3. (cooking) aspic

References

• “sky,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 4

Possibly from Middle Low German sch?wen, derived from the adjective.

Verb

sky (imperative sky, present skyr or skyer, past skyede, past participle skyet)

1. To shun.

References

• “sky,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ski, skie, ske, skye, scki, schi, schye, scy, skey, skige, ski?e, sky?e

Etymology

From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwj?. Doublet of skew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ski?/

Noun

sky (plural skyes)

1. The atmosphere or sky; that which lies above the ground.
2. A cloud or mist (mass of water droplets).
3. (rare, astronomy) A certain layout or part of the sky.
4. (rare, physiology) Clouds in urine.

Descendants

• English: sky
• Scots: sky, skie, skey, ske
• Yola: skee

References

• “sk?(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-23.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German schuwe

Adjective

sky (neuter singular sky, definite singular and plural sky or skye, comparative skyere, indefinite superlative skyest, definite superlative skyeste)

1. shy

Synonyms

• blyg
• sjenert

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwj? (“cloud, cloud cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).

Noun

sky f or m (definite singular skya or skyen, indefinite plural skyer, definite plural skyene)

1. cloud

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Possibly from Middle Low German schuwen

Verb

sky (imperative sky, present tense skyr, simple past skydde, past participle skydd, present participle skyende)

1. To avoid, shun.

Derived terms

• avsky

References

• “sky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y?/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German schuwe

Adjective

sky (neuter singular sky, definite singular and plural sky or skye, comparative skyare, indefinite superlative skyast, definite superlative skyaste)

1. shy

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ský. Akin to English sky.

Noun

sky f (definite singular skya, indefinite plural skyer, definite plural skyene)

1. cloud

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Possibly from Middle Low German schuwen

Verb

sky (present tense skyr, past tense skydde, past participle skydd or skytt, passive infinitive skyast, present participle skyande, imperative sky)

1. To avoid, shun.

Derived terms

• avsky

References

• “sky” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y?/

Noun

sk? n

1. cloud
2. sky

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: sky

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ska?]

Noun

sky (plural skies)

1. sky

   It's a fair braw sky we'v got the nicht. It's quite a beautiful sky we've got tonight.

2. daylight (especially at dawn)

   A wis up afore the sky. I was up before sunrise.

3. skyline, outline against the sky (especially of a hill)

   He saw the sky o a hill awa tae the west. He saw the outline of a hill in the west.

Derived terms

• sky laverock
• sky-goat
• skybrek
• skysettin
• tuith in the sky

Verb

sky (third-person singular present skies, present participle skies, past skyin, past participle skiet)

1. (of weather) To clear up.
2. To shade the eyes with the hand (so as to see better).
3. To hold up to the light and examine.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y?/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sk?, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwj?, compare English sky.

Noun

sky c

1. (countable) heaven
2. (countable) sky
3. (countable) cloud

Declension

Etymology 2

From French jus.

Noun

sky c

1. (uncountable, cooking) The liquid that remains in a frying pan after the fried meat is ready.

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German sch?wen, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan.

Verb

sky (present skyr, preterite skydde, supine skytt, imperative sky)

1. To avoid (due to fear or disgust), shun.

Conjugation

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)

1. (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.
2. (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.
3. (law, countable) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
4. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
5. (countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.

6. (uncountable) Nightfall.

7. (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).

8. (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.

9. (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

1. Ellipsis of good night

Translations

Verb

night (third-person singular simple present nights, present participle nighting, simple past and past participle nighted)

1. 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 […]."

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)

1. nightclub
   • 2014, Gianfranco Tomei, Sole nero, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, page 42.

Middle English

Noun

night (plural nights)

1. Alternative form of nighte

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English night.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?najt??/

Noun

night f (plural nights)

1. nightlife (nocturnal entertainment activities, especially parties and shows)