night

== English == === Alternative forms === nite (informal spelling) neet (Yorkshire, archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, niȝt, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). === Pronunciation === (US, UK) enPR: nīt, IPA(key): /naɪt/ (UK, Scotland, Canada) IPA(key): /nʌɪt/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /niːt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophones: knight, nite === Noun === night (countable and uncountable, plural nights) (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark. (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight. (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity. (countable) A day, or at least a night. (uncountable) Nightfall. (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime). (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue. (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:night. ==== Synonyms ==== (evening or night spent at a particular activity): evening; see also Thesaurus:nighttime or Thesaurus:evening (quality of sleep): sleep (nightfall): dark, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset; see also Thesaurus:dusk (darkness): blackness, darkness, gloom, obscurity, shadow ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “period between sunset and sunrise”): day; see also Thesaurus:daytime (antonym(s) of “darkness”): brightness, daylight, light ==== Hypernyms ==== 24-hour day ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Cameroon Pidgin: nét, náyt Guyanese Creole English: nɛt, nait Jamaican Creole: nait Krio: nɛt Maroon Spirit Language: net Pichinglis: net, nait Pijin: naet Sranan Tongo: netiAukan: netiSaramaccan: ndéti Tok Pisin: nait → Korean: 나이트 (naiteu) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Interjection === night Ellipsis of good night. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === night (third-person singular simple present nights, present participle nighting, simple past and past participle nighted) (intransitive) To spend a night (in a place), to overnight. === References === “night”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Thing, thing == Italian == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, borrowed from English night with the meaning of nightclub. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnajt/ Rhymes: -ajt Hyphenation: night === Noun === night m (invariable) nightclub === References === == Middle English == === Noun === night alternative form of nyght == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English night. === Pronunciation === === Noun === night f (plural nights) (sometimes humorous) nightlife (nocturnal entertainment activities, especially parties and shows) Synonym: noite