night

A1 Topic:Time

Also spelled neeght and nicht

US /naɪt/ UK /naɪt/ See IPA manual

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knight /naɪt/

Freq #162

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1

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

The stars come out at night.
2

noun
An evening, especially one spent doing a particular activity.

We had a great night out with our friends.
3

noun
A night spent sleeping somewhere.

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

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2 noun · an evening, especially one... evening

More dusk nightfall nighttime sleep sundown sunset

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brightness day daylight daytime light

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Forms nights

Derived forms all-nightall-night-manall-nighterallnighteralnightanightbarnightbenightbirthnightclubnightday-and-nightday-night

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…

nighte Middle English niht Old English *naht Proto-West Germanic *nahts Proto-Germanic *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European

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# night

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /naɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /naɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 162

## Meanings
1. The time between sunset and sunrise, when it is dark.
2. An evening, especially one spent doing a particular activity.
3. A night spent sleeping somewhere.

## Examples
- The stars come out at night.
- We had a great night out with our friends.
- I stayed at my friend's house for three nights.

## Synonyms
- dusk
- evening
- nightfall
- nighttime
- sleep
- sundown
- sunset

## Antonyms
- brightness
- day
- daylight
- daytime
- light

## Derived Forms
- all-night
- all-night-man
- all-nighter
- allnighter
- alnight
- anight
- barnight
- benight
- birthnight
- clubnight
- day-and-night
- day-night

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nighte
- Root: niht
- Root: *naht
- Root: *nahts
- Root: *nókʷts

## 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”). 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…

## AI Etymology
Night comes 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”). Modern senses include the time between sunset and sunrise, when it is dark and an evening, especially one spent doing a particular activity. The wider word family includes derivatives such as all-night, all-night-man, all-nighter, allnighter, alnight, and anight.

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