night

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English night, nyght, niȝt, naht, from Old English niht, neht, nyht, neaht, næht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“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 natt (“night”), Icelandic nótt (“night”), Latin nox (“night”), Greek νύχτα (núchta, “night”).

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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.
  2. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
    a night on the town
  3. (countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.
    We stayed at the Hilton for five nights.
  4. (uncountable) Nightfall.
    from noon till night
  5. (uncountable) Darkness.
    The cat disappeared into the night.
  6. (uncountable) a dark blue colour, midnight blue.
    night colour:    

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terms derived from night

Translations

period between sunset and sunrise
evening or night spent at a particular activity
night spent at a hotel
quality of sleep obtained during a night
nightfall
darkness
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Interjection

night!

  1. Short for good night
    Night all! Thanks for a great evening!

Translations

Short for good night

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, page 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 […] "

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Italian

Noun

night m (invariable)

  1. nightclub
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Middle English

Noun

night (plural nights)

  1. Alternative form of nighte.
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