noche

== Ladino == === Alternative forms === noce (Romania), noče (Yugoslavia), notche (France) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish noche, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɔtʃɛ/ === Noun === noche f (Hebrew spelling נוג׳י) night Antonym: día === References === == Old French == === Alternative forms === noiche === Noun === noche oblique singular, f (oblique plural noches, nominative singular noche, nominative plural noches) buckle; clasp === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (noche) == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnotʃe/ === Noun === noche f (plural noches) night ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: noche Spanish: noche == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish noche, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnot͡ʃe/ [ˈno.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -otʃe Syllabification: no‧che === Noun === noche f (plural noches) night (the period between sunset and sunrise) Antonym: día por la noche ― at night durante la noche ― at night / overnight / at night time evening (after sunset) Synonym: tarde ==== Derived terms ==== === Adverb === noche after dark, (late) at night, nocturnally Synonyms: de noche, por la noche ==== Usage notes ==== In Mexico and Central America, the adverb might accept degree adverbs (e.g. algo, muy, un poco, etc.), shifting its meaning to "late at night". The same phenomenon is observed in de noche (e.g. "Es muy de noche para estudiar." ("It's too late at night to study.")). ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “noche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025