nightwork

See also: night work

English

Alternative forms

• night work

Etymology

From night +‎ work. Compare Dutch nachtwerk, German Nachtwerk.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌɪtwəːk/

Noun

nightwork (uncountable)

1. Work which is carried out at night. [from 16th c.]
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     I don't know why it is the hours fly with such a strange celerity in the monotony and solitude of such nightwork.

   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 183:

     ‘Under journalist cover we bring her into play, give her Chinese newspapers to translate, send her on little errands, involve her, complete her education and train her in nightwork.’

Translations

work carried out at night

• Estonian: öötöö (et)
• Finnish: yötyö (fi)
• German: Nachtarbeit (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattarbeid n

  Nynorsk: nattarbeid n

• Swedish: nattarbete (sv) n

Anagrams

• worknight