night

CEFRA1

/ˈnaɪ̯t/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The dark part of each twenty-four-hour day.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.

Examples

  • For some reason I feel more alive at night.

  • These animals only come out at night.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈnɐɪ̯t/
  • /ˈniːt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.

  3. An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

More examples

In context

  • Well, the night is quite long, isn't it?

  • I stayed my friend's house for three nights.

  • Most animals are awake at day and sleep at night.

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Origin

noun

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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots nicht (“night”), Yola neeght, nieght, nyeght (“night”), North Frisian naacht, Nacht, noach, nåcht (“night”), Saterland Frisian Noacht (“night”), West Frisian nacht (“night”), Cimbrian and Dutch nacht (“night”), German and Low German Nacht (“night”), Luxembourgish Nuecht (“night”), Mòcheno nòcht (“night”), Vilamovian naocht (“night”), Yiddish נאַכט (nakht, “night”), Danish nat (“night”), Faroese nátt (“night”), Icelandic nátt, nótt (“night”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norweg...