tonight

See also: to-night, tonite, and to-nite

English

Alternative forms

• to-night (archaic)
• to-nite (US, informal, archaic)
• tonite (US, informal)
• t'night (US, informal)

Etymology

From Middle English tonyght, to niȝt, from Old English tō niht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈnaɪt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Adverb

tonight (not comparable)

1. During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.

   I want to party tonight!

   I had a wonderful time with you tonight.

2. (obsolete) Last night.
   • 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, act 4, scene 2, page 165:

     Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury,
     With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire,
     And others more, going to seek the grave
     Of Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night
     On your suggestion.

   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar,
     And things unluckily charge my fantasy;

Derived terms

• target for tonight

 

Translations

during today's evening

• Afrikaans: vanaand
• Arabic: هٰذَا الْمَسَاء (hāḏā l-masāʔ), اللَّيْلَ (al-layla)
• Armenian: այս երեկո (ays ereko), այսօր երեկոյան (aysōr erekoyan)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܿܘ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (awa rāmša)
• Belarusian: сё́ння ве́чарам (sjónnja vjéčaram)
• Bikol Central: ngunyan na banggi
• Bulgarian: довечера (bg) (dovečera)
• Catalan: anit (ca)
• Cebuano: karong gabii
• Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
• Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 今晚 (gam¹ maan⁵)

  Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)

• Czech: dnes večer
• Danish: i aften, iaften (former spelling)
• Dutch: vanavond (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉi-vespere
• Estonian: täna õhtul (et)
• Finnish: tänä iltana
• French: ce soir, au soir (fr) (Belgium), à soir (fr) (Quebec)
• Gallo: é sai
• Georgian: ამ საღამოს (am saɣamos)
• German: heute Abend
• Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
• Hebrew: הערב m (haerev)
• Hindi: आज शाम (āj śām)
• Hungarian: ma este
• Icelandic: í kvöld, í nótt
• Ido: cavespere
• Irish: anocht
• Italian: stasera (it)
• Japanese: 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, konban), 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今宵 (ja) (こよい, koyoi)
• Khmer: នៅល្ងាចនេះ (nɨv lŋiec nih)
• Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī)
• Latvian: šovakar
• Lithuanian: šįvakar
• Macedonian: вечерва (večerva), довечер (dovečer)
• Manx: noght
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: өнөө орой (önöö oroj)

• Norman: à ce sei, à ces sé
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i kveld, i aften

  Nynorsk: i kveld

• Plautdietsch: venowent
• Polish: dziś wieczorem, tego wieczoru
• Portuguese: hoje à tardinha, hoje à noitinha
• Romanian: diseară (ro), deseară (ro), astă-seară
• Russian: сего́дня ве́чером (sevódnja véčerom)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вечѐрас

  Roman: večèras (sh)

• Slovak: dnes večer
• Slovene: danes zvečer
• Spanish: esta noche, esta tarde
• Swedish: i kväll (sv)
• Tagalog: ngayong gabi
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: сього́дні уве́чері (sʹohódni uvéčeri), сього́дні вве́чері (sʹohódni vvéčeri), сього́вечір (sʹohóvečir), цього́вечір (cʹohóvečir)
• Urdu: آج شام (āj śām)
• Vietnamese: tối nay
• Volapük: asoaro (vo)
• Waray-Waray: yana nga gab-i
• Welsh: heno
• Yiddish: הײַנט בײַ נאַכט (haynt bay nakht)

during today's nighttime

• Afrikaans: vannag
• Alviri-Vidari:

  Vidari: ام شو (am šev)

• Arabic: اَللَّيْلَةَ (al-laylata), هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ (hāḏihi l-laylata)

  Hijazi Arabic: الليلة (al-lēla)

• Armenian: այս գիշեր (ays gišer)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (idlayle)
• Bakhtiari: امشو (amšaw)
• Belarusian: сё́ння но́ччу (sjónnja nóčču)
• Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
• Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
• Burmese: ဒီည (di-nya.)
• Catalan: anit (ca), aquesta nit
• Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
• Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)

• Chuvash: кӗҫӗр (kĕś̬ĕr)
• Czech: dnes v noci
• Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
• Dutch: vannacht (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉi-nokte
• Estonian: täna öösel (et)
• Faroese: í kvøld, í nátt
• Finnish: tänä iltana, yönä
• French: cette nuit
• Galician: esta noite
• Georgian: ამაღამ (amaɣam)
• German: heute Nacht
• Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: הלילה (ha-layla)
• Hindi: आज रात को (āj rāt ko)
• Hungarian: ma éjjel, ma éjszaka
• Ido: canokte (io)
• Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
• Irish: anocht
• Italian: stanotte
• Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
• Khmer: យប់នេះ (yup nih)
• Korean: 오늘 저녁 (oneul jeonyeok), 오늘 밤 (oneul bam)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew)

• Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī)
• Latvian: šonakt
• Lithuanian: šiąnakt (lt)
• Macedonian: ноќва (noḱva)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: өнөө шөнө (önöö šönö)

• Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo
• Norman: ch'tigniet
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i natt

  Nynorsk: i natt

• Persian:

  Dari: اِمْشَب (fa) (imšab), اِمْشَو (imšaw) (colloquial)

  Iranian Persian: اِمْشب (fa) (emšab)

• Plautdietsch: venowent
• Polish: dziś w nocy, tej nocy
• Portuguese: hoje à noite, esta/essa noite
• Romanian: la noapte
• Russian: сего́дня но́чью (sevódnja nóčʹju), се́ночь (sénočʹ) (dialectal)
• Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̀ћас

  Roman: nòćas

• Slovak: dnes v noci
• Slovene: nocój (sl)
• Spanish: esta noche
• Swedish: i natt (sv)
• Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: сього́дні вночі́ (sʹohódni vnočí), сього́дні ні́ччю (sʹohódni níččju), cьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč), цьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč)
• Urdu: آج رات کو (āj rāt ko)
• Vietnamese: đêm nay
• Volapük: aneito (vo)
• Welsh: heno
• West Frisian: jûn

Noun

tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)

1. 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: اَللَّيْلَة (al-layla)
• Armenian: այսօրվա երեկոն (aysōrva erekon), այս գիշերը (ays gišerə)
• Azerbaijani: bu gecə
• Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
• Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
• Catalan: anit (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
• Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)

• Czech: dnes večer
• Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
• Dutch: vanavond (nl), vannacht (nl)
• Esperanto: hodiaŭ nokte
• Estonian: tänane õhtu
• Faroese: í kvøld
• Finnish: tänä iltana
• 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 (haláyla), הערב (haérev)
• Hindi: आज रात f (āj rāt)
• Hungarian: (before approx. 9 PM) a mai este, (after approx. 9 PM) a mai éjszaka
• Icelandic: í kvöld
• Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
• Italian: stasera (it), stanotte
• Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
• Korean: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (oneulbam)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew)

• Latin: hac nocte
• Latvian: šis vakars m, šī nakts f
• Lithuanian: šis vakaras m (evening), ši naktis f (night)
• Macedonian: вечерва (večerva)
• Maltese: illejla
• Norwegian: i (no) kveld (no) (early night, late evening), i (no) natt (no) (night)
• Occitan: anuèit (oc) anuèch (oc)
• Polish: tej nocy, dziś w nocy, [nocą]
• Portuguese: esta noite
• Romanian: noaptea asta, noaptea aceasta
• Romansch: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: сегодняшний вечер m (sevodnjašnij večer), наступающая ночь f (nastupajuščaja nočʹ)
• Scots: the nicht
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ноћас

  Roman: noćas

• Slovak: dnešný večer m
• Spanish: esta noche
• Swahili: usiku wa leo, leo usiku
• Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
• Urdu: آج رات f (āj rāt)
• Vietnamese: tối nay, đêm nay
• Volapük: aneit
• Welsh: heno
• West Frisian: jûn

Anagrams

• hotting

Middle English

Adverb

tonight

1. Alternative form of tonyght

Noun

tonight

1. Alternative form of tonyght