tonight

See also: to-night, tonite, and to-nite

English

Alternative forms

• to-night (archaic)
• to-nite (US, informal, archaic)
• tonite (US, informal)
• t'night (US, informal)

Etymology

From Middle English tonyght, to niȝt, from Old English tō niht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈnaɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Adverb

tonight (not comparable)

1. During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.

   I want to party tonight!

   I had a wonderful time with you tonight.

   I had a dreadful nightmare last night; I hope I sleep better tonight.

2. (obsolete) Last night.
   • 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, act 4, scene 2, page 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 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar,
     And things unluckily charge my fantasy;

Translations

during today's evening

Afrikaans: vanaand Arabic: هٰذَا الْمَسَاء (hāḏā l-masāʔ), اللَّيْلَ (al-layla) Armenian: այս երեկո (ays ereko), այսօր երեկոյան (aysōr erekoyan) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܿܘ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (awa rāmša) Basque: gaur gauean Belarusian: сё́ння ве́чарам (sjónnja vjéčaram) Bikol Central: ngunyan na banggi Bulgarian: довечера (bg) (dovečera) Catalan: anit (ca) Cebuano: karong gabii Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv) Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili 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 Estonian: täna õhtul (et) Finnish: tänä iltana French: ce soir, au soir (fr) (Belgium), à soir (fr) (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 Indonesian: nanti malam Irish: anocht Italian: stasera (it) Japanese: 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, konban), 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今宵 (ja) (こよい, koyoi) Khmer: នៅល្ងាចនេះ (nɨv lŋiec nih) Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī) Latvian: šovakar Lithuanian: šįvakar Macedonian: вечерва (večerva), довечер (dovečer) Manx: noght Marathi: आज संध्याकाळी (āj sandhyākāḷī), आज सायंकाळी (āj sāyaṅkāḷī) Mongolian: Cyrillic: өнөө орой (önöö oroj) Norman: à ce sei, à ces sé Norwegian: Bokmål: i kveld, i aften Nynorsk: i kveld Plautdietsch: venowent Polish: dziś wieczorem, tego wieczoru Portuguese: hoje à tardinha, hoje à noitinha Romanian: diseară (ro), deseară (ro), astă-seară Russian: сего́дня ве́чером (sevódnja véčerom) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: вечѐрас Roman: večèras (sh) Slovak: dnes večer Slovene: danes zvečer Spanish: esta noche, esta tarde Swedish: i kväll (sv) Tagalog: ngayong gabi Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: сього́дні уве́чері (sʹohódni uvéčeri), сього́дні вве́чері (sʹohódni vvéčeri), сього́вечір (sʹohóvečir), цього́вечір (cʹohóvečir) Urdu: آج شام (āj śām) Vietnamese: tối nay Volapük: asoaro (vo) Waray-Waray: yana nga gab-i Welsh: heno Yiddish: הײַנט בײַ נאַכט (haynt bay nakht)

during today's nighttime

Afrikaans: vannag Alviri-Vidari: Vidari: ام شو (am šev) Arabic: اَللَّيْلَةَ (al-laylata), هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ (hāḏihi l-laylata) Hijazi Arabic: الليلة (al-lēla) Armenian: այս գիշեր (ays gišer) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (idlayle) Bakhtiari: امشو (amšaw) Belarusian: сё́ння но́ччу (sjónnja nóčču) Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br) Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer) Burmese: ဒီည (di-nya.) Catalan: anit (ca), aquesta nit Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv) Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili Chinese: Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn) Chuvash: кӗҫӗр (kĕś̬ĕr) Czech: dnes v noci Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night) Dutch: vannacht (nl) Esperanto: ĉi-nokte Estonian: täna öösel (et) Faroese: í kvøld, í nátt Finnish: tänä yönä French: cette nuit Galician: esta noite 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, ma éjszaka 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: 오늘 저녁 (oneul jeonyeok), 오늘 밤 (oneul bam) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew) Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī) Latvian: šonakt Lithuanian: šiąnakt (lt) Macedonian: ноќва (noḱva) Marathi: आज रात्री (āj rātrī) Mongolian: Cyrillic: өнөө шөнө (önöö šönö) Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo Norman: ch'tigniet Norwegian: Bokmål: i natt Nynorsk: i natt Persian: Dari: اِمْشَب (imšab), اِمْشَو (imšaw) (colloquial) Iranian Persian: اِمْشب (emšab) Plautdietsch: venowent Polish: dziś w nocy, tej nocy Portuguese: hoje à noite, esta/essa noite Romanian: la noapte Russian: сего́дня но́чью (sevódnja nóčʹju), се́ночь (sénočʹ) (dialectal) Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: но̀ћас Roman: nòćas Slovak: dnes v noci Slovene: nocój (sl) Spanish: esta noche Swedish: i natt (sv) Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: сього́дні вночі́ (sʹohódni vnočí), сього́дні ні́ччю (sʹohódni níččju), cьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč), цьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč) Urdu: آج رات کو (āj rāt ko) Vietnamese: đêm nay Volapük: aneito (vo) Welsh: heno West Frisian: jûn

Noun

tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)

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

   Tonight is the night.

   I have high hopes for tonight.

Derived terms

• target for tonight

Translations

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) Azerbaijani: bu gecə Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br) Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer) Catalan: anit (ca) Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv) Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili Chinese: Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn) Czech: dnes večer Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night) Dutch: vanavond (nl), vannacht (nl) 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: (before approx. 9 PM) a mai este, (after approx. 9 PM) a mai éjszaka 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: Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew) Latin: hac nocte Latvian: šis vakars m, šī nakts f Lithuanian: šis vakaras m (evening), ši naktis f (night) Macedonian: вечерва (večerva) Maltese: illejla Marathi: आजची रात्र f (ājcī rātra) Norwegian: i (no) kveld (no) (early night, late evening), i (no) natt (no) (night) Occitan: anuèit (oc) anuèch (oc) Polish: tej nocy, dziś w nocy, [nocą] Portuguese: esta noite Romanian: noaptea asta, noaptea aceasta Romansch: please add this translation if you can Russian: сегодняшний вечер m (sevodnjašnij večer), наступающая ночь f (nastupajuščaja nočʹ) Scots: the nicht Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ноћас Roman: noćas Slovak: dnešný večer m Spanish: esta noche Swahili: usiku wa leo, leo usiku Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri) Urdu: آج رات f (āj rāt) Vietnamese: tối nay, đêm nay Volapük: aneit Welsh: heno West Frisian: jûn

Anagrams

• hotting

Middle English

Adverb

tonight

1. alternative form of tonyght

Noun

tonight

1. alternative form of tonyght