nighttime
See also: night-time
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)
- The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
- 1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 50, number 7, page 52:
- Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.
SynonymsEdit
- nightertale, nighttide; see also Thesaurus:nighttime
AntonymsEdit
- day, daytime; see also Thesaurus:daytime
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
hours of darkness
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AdjectiveEdit
nighttime (not comparable)
- Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
- Happening during the night.
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TranslationsEdit
pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night