Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English tōniht.
Pronunciation
Noun
tonight (plural tonights)
- The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
- Tonight is the night.
- I have high hopes for tonight.
Translations
nighttime today
- Albanian: sonte (sq)
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: الليلة (al-layla)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Azeri: please add this translation if you can
- Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
- Bulgarian: тази вечер (bg) (tazi večer)
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (chr) (gohi usv)
- Chinese: 今晚 (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes večer (cs)
- Danish: i aften (da) (early night), i nat (da) (late night)
- Dutch: deze avond m, deze nacht m
- Esperanto: hodiaŭ nokte (eo)
- Estonian: tänane õhtu (et)
- Faroese: í kvøld (fo)
- Finnish: tänä iltana (fi)
- French: ce soir m, au soir (Belgium), à soir (Quebec), cette nuit f
- German: heute Abend m, heute Nacht f
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: הלילה (he) (haláyla), הערב (he) (haérev)
- Hindi: आज रात (hi) (āj rāt) f
- Hungarian: ma este, ma éjjel
- Icelandic: í kvöld (is)
- Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
- Irish: anocht (ga)
- Italian: stasera (it), stanotte (it)
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- Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
- Korean: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (oneulbam)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهم شهو (ku) (am shaw)
- Latin: hodie nox
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
- Maltese: illejla (mt)
- Norwegian: i (no) kveld (no) (early night, late evening), i (no) natt (no) (night)
- Occitan: anuèit (oc) anuèch (oc)
- Polish: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: esta noite
- Romanian: astă noapte (ro) f
- Romansch: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: сегодняшний вечер m, наступающая ночь f
- Scots: the nicht
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ноћас (sh)
- Roman: noćas (sh)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: esta noche
- Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (te) (ī rātri)
- Urdu: آج رات (ur) (āj rāt) f
- Volapük: aneit (vo)
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
- West Frisian: jûn (fy)
- Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
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Adverb
tonight (not comparable)
- During the night following the current day.
- I want to party tonight!
- I had a wonderful time with you tonight.
- Tonight is a great night for sangria!
- (obsolete) Last night.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations
during today's evening
- Afrikaans: vanaand (af)
- Arabic: هذا المساء (ar) (haadhaa 'l-samaa')
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (chr) (gohi usv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 今晚 (cmn) (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes večer (cs)
- Dutch: vanavond (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉi-vespere (eo)
- French: ce soir, au soir (Belgium), à soir (Quebec)
- Gallo: é sai
- German: heute Abend (de)
- Guernésiais: à ces sé
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
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during today's nighttime
- Afrikaans: vannag (af)
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Vidari: ام شو (am šev)
- Arabic: الليلة (ar) (al-láyla), هذه الليلة (ar) (haadhihi 'l-láyla)
- Bakhtiari: امشو (amšaw)
- Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
- Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
- Bulgarian: тази вечер (bg) (tazi večer)
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (chr) (gohi usv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 今晚 (cmn) (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes v noci (cs)
- Danish: i aften (da) (early night), i nat (da) (late night)
- Dutch: vannacht (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉi-nokte (eo)
- Estonian: täna õhtul (et)
- Faroese: í kvøld (fo), í nátt (fo)
- Finnish: tänä iltana (fi), yönä (fi)
- French: cette nuit (fr)
- German: heute Nacht (de)
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Guernésiais: ch'tigniet
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: הלילה (he) (ha-layla)
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- Hindi: आज रात को (hi) (āj rāt ko)
- Hungarian: ma éjjel
- Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
- Irish: anocht (ga)
- Italian: stanotte (it)
- Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 오늘저녁 (ko) (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (ko) (oneulbam)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهم شهو (ku) (am shaw)
- Norwegian: i kveld (no)
- Portuguese: hoje à noite (pt), esta noite (pt)
- Romanian: deseară (ro)
- Russian: сегодня ночью (ru) (sevódnja nóč'ju)
- Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ноћас (sh)
- Roman: noćas (sh)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Slovene: nocój (sl)
- Spanish: esta noche (es), de noche (es)
- Swedish: i kväll (sv)
- Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (te) (ī rātri)
- Urdu: آج رات کو (ur) (āj rāt ko)
- Volapük: aneito (vo)
- West Frisian: jûn (fy)
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