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night¹
- /naɪ̯t/ US, UK
- [naɪ̯t] US, UK
- /nɑjt/ British, Southern, Standard
- [nɑjʔ] British, Southern, Standard
- [nɐɪ̯t]
- [nɜɪ̯t]
- [nʌɪ̯t]
- [nəɪ̯t]
- /nɑɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
- [nɑ̟ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
- /nɒɪ̯t/ Australia, New Zealand
- [nɒ̈ɪ̯t] Australia, New Zealand
- /niːt/ Northumbria
- [nɪi̯t] Northumbria
Sounds like knight, nite · Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, niȝt, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots nicht (“night”), Yola neeght, nieght, nyeght (“night”), North Frisian naacht, Nacht, noach, nåcht (“night”), Saterland Frisian Noacht (“night”), West Frisian nacht (“night”), Cimbrian and Dutch nacht (“night”), German and Low German Nacht (“night”), Luxembourgish Nuecht (“night”), Mòcheno nòcht (“night”), Vilamovian naocht (“night”), Yiddish נאַכט (nakht, “night”), Danish nat (“night”), Faroese nátt (“night”), Icelandic nátt, nótt (“night”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish natt (“night”), Scanian nøtt (“night”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts, “night”); also Breton noz (“night”), Cornish and Welsh nos (“night”), Irish anocht (“tonight”), Manx noght (“tonight”), Scottish Gaelic a-nochd, an nochd (“tonight”), Latin nox (“night”) (whence English nox, a doublet), Greek νύχτα (nýchta, “night”), Albanian natë (“night”), Latgalian and Latvian nakts (“night”), Lithuanian naktis (“night”), Belarusian ноч (noč, “night”), Bulgarian нощ (nošt, “night”), Czech, Polish, and Slovak noc (“night”), Macedonian ноќ (noḱ, “night”), Russian ночь (nočʹ, “night”), Serbo-Croatian ноћ, noć (“night”), Slovene noč (“night”), Ukrainian ніч (nič, “night”), Tocharian A nakcu (“last night; at night”), Tocharian B nekcīye (“last night; at night”), Hittite 𒉈𒆪𒊻 (nekuz, “evening, nightfall; dawn, twilight”), Sanskrit नक्त् (nákt).
noun nights · nite · neet
- The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark. Most animals are awake at day and sleep at night.
- 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.
- A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
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An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
a night on the town
Similar: evening
- A day, or at least a night. I stayed my friend's house for three nights.
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Nightfall.
from noon till night
Similar: dark
- Darkness (due to it being nighttime). The cat disappeared into the night.
- A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
Similar: evening, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset, sleep · Opposite: day, brightness, daylight, light
interjection nite · neet
- Ellipsis of good night Night, y'all! Thanks for a great evening!
verb nights · nighting · nighted · nite · neet
- To spend a night (in a place), to overnight. 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[.]
Night²
proper noun
- The 92nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- The goddess of the night in Heathenry. "In this prayer, Sigdrifa calls upon powers of Nature - Day, Night, Earth - and the gods and goddesses as a group.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nighttime, nox, dark, sunset, dusk, sundown, daylight, dawn, midnight, evening, afternoon, morning, evenings, nightfall, nocturne, nightly
Translations
Every language
noun period between sunset and sunrise
| Español | noche, cheno, sorna |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 밤 bam |
| 日本語 | 夜 |
| 中文 | 夜晚 yèwǎn, 夜 yè, 宵 xiāo |
| हिन्दी | रात rāt, रात्रि rātri, रात्र rātra, राति rāti, निशा niśā, रैन rain |
| Kiswahili | usiku |
| Português | noite |
| Français | nuit |
| Deutsch | Nacht |
| Italiano | notte |
| Ελληνικά | νύχτα nýchta |
| Română | noapte |
| Русский | ночь nočʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đêm, tối, ban đêm, khuya |
| العربية | لَيْلَة layla, لَيْل layl |
| עברית | לַיְלָה láyla |
noun night spent away from home
| 한국어 | 박 bak |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 一泊 ippaku |
| Kiswahili | usiku |
| Português | pernoite, pernoitada |
| Français | nuit, nuitée |
| Deutsch | Übernachtung, Nacht |
| Română | noapte |
| Русский | ночёвка nočóvka, ночь nočʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đêm |
| עברית | לַיְלָה láyla |
noun quality of sleep obtained during a night
| हिन्दी | निद्रा nidrā |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | usiku |
| Português | sono |
| Français | nuit |
| Deutsch | Nacht |
| Tiếng Việt | đêm, đêm ngủ |
noun evening or night spent at a particular activity
| Español | tarde |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 一晩 hitoban |
| Kiswahili | usiku |
| Português | noitada, noite |
| Français | soirée, nuit |
| Deutsch | Abend, Nacht |
| Română | noapte |
| Русский | ве́чер véčer |
| Tiếng Việt | đêm |
| עברית | לַיְלָה láyla |
noun nightfall
| 한국어 | 황혼 hwanghon |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 日暮れ higure, 黄昏 tasogare |
| 中文 | 黄昏 huánghūn |
| हिन्दी | साँझ sāñjh, संध्या sandhyā |
| Kiswahili | jioni |
| Português | anoitecer |
| Français | soir |
| Română | noapte, înserare |
| Русский | су́мерки súmerki, су́мрак súmrak |
| Tiếng Việt | tối |
| العربية | مَغْرِب maḡrib |
noun darkness
| Español | oscuridad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 闇 yami |
| हिन्दी | अँधेरा andherā, अंधकार andhkār |
| Kiswahili | usiku |
| Português | escuridão, noite, trevas |
| Français | nuit, noirceur, obscurité |
| Deutsch | Nacht, Dunkelheit |
| Română | întuneric |
| Русский | тьма tʹma, темнота́ temnotá |
| Tiếng Việt | tối |
intj Short for good night
| हिन्दी | रात्रि rātri |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | usiku |
| Deutsch | Nacht! |
| Русский | ночи noči |
| Tiếng Việt | chúc ngủ ngon, tạm biệt |
name 92nd sura of the Qur'an
| العربية | سورة الليل |
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title = {night},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
