tonight

See also: to-night

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

to-night (obsolete)
tonite (US, informal)
t'night (US, informal)

EtymologyEdit

From Old English tō niht.

PronunciationEdit

(General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təˈnait/
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Rhymes: -aɪt

AdverbEdit

tonight (not comparable)

During the night following the current day.
I want to party tonight!

I had a wonderful time with you tonight.
(obsolete) Last night.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, IV. ii. 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, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, III. iii. 1:
  I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar, / And things unluckily charge my fantasy;

TranslationsEdit

during today's evening

Afrikaans: vanaand
Arabic: هٰذَا الْمَسَاء‎ (hāḏā l-masāʾ)
Armenian: այս երեկո (ays ereko), այսօր երեկոյան (aysōr erekoyan)
Belarusian: сёння ве́чарам (sjónnja vjéčaram)
Bikol Central: ngunyang banggi
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cebuano: karong gabii
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
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
French: ce soir, au soir (Belgium), à soir (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, komban), 今夜 (ja) (kon'ya)
Khmer: នៅល្ងាចនេះ (nɨv lŋiec nih)
Latvian: šovakar
Macedonian: вечерва (vecherva), довечер (dovecher)
Norman: à ce sei, à ces sé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i kveld0
Polish: dziś wieczorem, tego wieczoru
Portuguese: hoje à tardinha, hoje à noitinha
Romanian: diseară (ro)
Russian: сего́дня ве́чером (sevódnja véčerom)
Serbo-Croatian: večeras (sh)
Slovak: dnes večer
Slovene: danes zvečer
Spanish: esta noche, de noche
Swedish: i kväll (sv)
Tagalog: ngayong gabi
Urdu: آج شام‎ (āj śām)
Vietnamese: vào tối nay
Volapük: asoaro (vo)
Waray-Waray: yana nga gab-i
Welsh: heno

during today's nighttime

Afrikaans: vannag
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: ام شو‎ (am šev)
Arabic: اَللَّيْلَة‎ (al-layla), هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَة‎ (hāḏihi l-layla)
Hijazi Arabic: الليلة‎ (allēla)
Armenian: այս գիշեր (ays gišer)
Bakhtiari: امشو‎ (amšaw)
Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
Burmese: ဒီည (di-nya.)
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
Czech: dnes v noci
Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
Dutch: vannacht (nl)
Esperanto: ĉi-nokte
Estonian: täna õhtul
Faroese: í kvøld, í nátt
Finnish: tänä iltana, yönä
French: cette nuit
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
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: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (oneulbam)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئه‌م شه‌و‎ (am shaw)
Latvian: šonakt
Macedonian: ноќва (noḱva)
Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo
Norman: ch'tigniet
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i natt

Nynorsk: i natt
Polish: dziś w nocy, tej nocy
Portuguese: hoje à noite, esta/essa noite
Romanian: deseară (ro)
Russian: сего́дня но́чью (sevódnja nóčʹju)
Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ноћас

Roman: noćas (sh)
Slovak: dnes v noci
Slovene: nocój (sl)
Spanish: esta noche, de noche
Swedish: i natt (sv)
Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
Urdu: آج رات کو‎ (āj rāt ko)
Vietnamese: vào đêm nay
Volapük: aneito (vo)
Welsh: heno
West Frisian: jûn

NounEdit

tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)

The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
Tonight is the night.

I have high hopes for tonight.

TranslationsEdit

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)
Azeri: please add this translation if you can
Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
Chinese: 今晚 (jīnwǎn)
Czech: dnes večer
Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
Dutch: deze avond m, deze nacht m
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: ma este, ma éjjel
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:
Sorani: ئه‌م شه‌و‎ (am shaw)
Latin: hac nocte
Latvian: šis vakars m, šī nakts f
Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
Maltese: illejla
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 f
Romansch: please add this translation if you can
Russian: сегодняшний вечер m, наступающая ночь f
Scots: the nicht
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ноћас

Roman: noćas (sh)
Slovak: dnešný večer m
Spanish: esta noche
Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
Urdu: آج رات‎ f (āj rāt)
Vietnamese: tối nay, đêm nay
Volapük: aneit
Welsh: please add this translation if you can
West Frisian: jûn
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

AnagramsEdit

hotting

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