night

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The time between sunset and sunrise, when it is dark.

   The stars come out at night.

2. 2
   noun

   An evening, especially one spent doing a particular activity.

   We had a great night out with our friends.

3. 3
   noun

   A night spent sleeping somewhere.

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

Common collocations

• late night Adjective + noun
• spend the night Verb + noun
• stay the night Verb + noun
• sleepless night Adjective + noun
• rough night Adjective + 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, Dutch nacht (“night”), German, Low German Nacht (“night”), Luxembourgish Nuecht (“night”), Mòcheno nòcht (“night”), Vilamovian naocht (“night”), Yiddish נאַכט (nakht, “night”), Danish na…

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