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- night ► NOUN 1) the time from sunset to sunrise. 2) the darkness of night. 3) literary nightfall. 4) an evening.► ADVERB (nights) informal ▪ at night.ORIGIN Old English.
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Night — (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny x, nykto s, Skr. nakta, nakti.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
night — W1S1 [naıt] n [U and C] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(when it is dark)¦ 2¦(evening)¦ 3 nights 4 night! 5 night night! 6 night and day/day and night 7 night or day/day or night 8 night after night 9 first night/opening night … Dictionary of contemporary English
night — (n.) O.E. niht (W.Saxon neaht, Anglian næht, neht) night, darkness; the vowel indicating that the modern word derives from oblique cases (gen. nihte, dat. niht), from P.Gmc. *nakht (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. naht, O.Fris., Du., nacht, Ger. Nacht, O.N.… … Etymology dictionary
night — [nīt] n. [ME niht < OE, akin to Ger nacht < IE base * nekwt , * nokwt > Gr nyx (gen. nyktos), L nox (gen. noctis), night] 1. a) the period from sunset to sunrise b) the period of actual darkness after sunset and before sunrise; also, a… … English World dictionary
night|ly — «NYT lee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done, happening, or appearing every night: »nightly attacks, nightly disorder. 2. done, happening, or appearing at night: »nightly dew, a nightly visitor. 3. of or belonging to night; characteristic of night … Useful english dictionary
night — (izg. nȃjt) DEFINICIJA 1. ž noć [London by night London noću] 2. prid. <indekl.> noćni (i jedno i drugo u vezama riječi) SINTAGMA night club (izg. night klȁb) noćni klub, bar, klub kao ugostiteljsko mjesto otvorenog ili zatvorenog tipa koji … Hrvatski jezični portal
Night — ist der Name folgender Personen: Candice Night (* 1971), US amerikanische Rocksängerin Julie Night (* 1978), US amerikanische Pornodarstellerin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wor … Deutsch Wikipedia
night — s.m.inv. ES ingl. night club {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1960. ETIMO: tratto dalla loc. night club … Dizionario italiano
night — /ingl. naɪt/ [ingl., accorc. di night club] s. m. inv. (fam.) V. night club (ingl.) … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
night|ed — «NY tihd», adjective. Archaic. 1. made dark as night: »nighted colour (Shakespeare). 2. overtaken by night; benighted: »Upon the nighted pilgrim s way (Scott) … Useful english dictionary
