night

night  (nt)

n.

1.

a. The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.

b. This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.

c. This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.

2. The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.

3.

a. The period between evening and bedtime.

b. This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.

c. This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.

4.

a. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.

b. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.

5. Nightfall: worked from morning to night.

6. Darkness: vanished into the night.

7.

a. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning" F. Scott Fitzgerald.

b. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed" Anthony Lewis.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the night: the night air.

2. Intended for use at night: a night light.

3. Working during the night: the night nurse.

4. Active chiefly at night: night prowlers.

5. Occurring after dark: night baseball.

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[Middle English, from Old English niht; see nek^w-t- in Indo-European roots.]

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night

Noun

1. the period of darkness that occurs each 24 hours, between sunset and sunrise

2. the period between sunset and bedtime; evening

3. the time between bedtime and morning

4. nightfall or dusk

5. an evening designated for a specific activity: opening night

6. make a night of it to celebrate the whole evening Related adjective nocturnal

Adjective

of, occurring, or working at night: the night sky

See also nights [Old English niht]

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Night

achluphobia

an abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia.

noctimania

an abnormal love of the night.

noctivagation

the act of walking or wandering at night. — noctivagant, noctivagous, adj.

nyctalopia

night-blindness.

sciophobia

an abnormal fear of shadows.

scotophobia

achluphobia.

See also

also darkness.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	night - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside nighttime, dark period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" weeknight - any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday evening - the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera" late-night hour - the latter part of night midnight - 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight" small hours - the hours just after midnight lights-out - a prescribed bedtime wedding night - the night after the wedding when bride and groom sleep together daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
	2.	night - a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	3.	night - the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	4.	night - the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed" time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods
	5.	night - darkness; "it vanished into the night" dark, darkness - absence of light or illumination
	6.	night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night" crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, fall - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
	7.	night - the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	8.	Night - Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx Nox

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night

noun darkness, dark, night-time, dead of night, night watches, hours of darkness >> adjective nocturnal

Translations

night [naɪt] n (gen) → noche f (= evening); tarde f;

last night → anoche;

the night before last → anteanoche, antes de ayer por la noche;

at night, by night → de noche, por la noche;

in the night, during the night → durante la noche, por la noche

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night [naɪt] n → nuit f (= evening); soir m;

at night → la nuit;

by night → de nuit;

in the night, during the night → pendant la nuit;

last night (= evening) → hier soir (= night-time); la nuit dernière;

the night before last → avant-hier soir

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night [naɪt] n → Nacht f (= evening); Abend m;

the night before last → vorletzte Nacht, vorgestern Abend;

at night, by night → nachts, abends;

nine o'clock at night → neun Uhr abends;

in the night, during the night → in der Nacht;

night and day → Tag und Nacht

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night [naɪt] n → notte f (= evening); sera;

at night → la notte; la sera;

by night → di notte;

in the night, during the night → durante la notte;

the night before last → l'altro ieri notte; l'altro ieri sera