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See also: Night and niȝt

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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”).

Cognate with Scots nicht, neicht (“night”), West Frisian nacht (“night”), Dutch nacht (“night”), Low German Nacht (“night”), German Nacht (“night”), Danish nat (“night”), Swedish and Norwegian natt (“night”), Faroese nátt (“night”), Icelandic nótt (“night”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts, “night”), Greek νύχτα (nýchta, “night”), Russian ночь (nočʹ, “night”), Sanskrit नक्त (naktá), नक्ति (nákti, “night”), and Latin nox (“night”), whence English nox, a doublet.

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Noun

night (countable and uncountable, plural nights)

  2. (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
    Most animals are awake at day and sleep at night.
  3. (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.
  4. (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
  5. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
    a night on the town
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
  6. (countable) A day, or at least a night.
    I stayed my friend's house for three nights.
  7. (uncountable) Nightfall.
    from noon till night
  8. (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
    The cat disappeared into the night.
  9. (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
    night:  
  10. (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

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Descendants

  • → Pijin: naet
  • → Korean: 나이트 (naiteu)

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See also

times of dayedit

Interjection

night

  1. Ellipsis of good night.
    Night, y'all! Thanks for a great evening!

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Verb

night (third-person singular simple present nights, present participle nighting, simple past and past participle nighted)

  1. (intransitive) To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
    • 1885, Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes, published 2008, page 284:
      So I took seat and ate somewhat of my vivers, my horse also feeding upon his fodder, and we nighted in that spot and next morning I set out[.]

References

  • “night”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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