nighttime

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

Also spelled night-time

US /ˈnaɪttaɪm/ UK /ˈnaɪttaɪm/ See IPA manual

noun adj

Meanings

1

noun
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise

The desert grows bitterly cold during the nighttime.

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1 noun · the period of darkness... night nightfall dark darkness evening

Opposites

daytime day daylight

Word family

Related forms night nightly nightfall

Etymology

A compound of night + time, an English formation; night from Old English niht and time from Old English tīma.

niht Old English tīma Old English

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# nighttime

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈnaɪttaɪm
**IPA (UK):** ˈnaɪttaɪm

## Meanings
1. the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise

## Examples
- The desert grows bitterly cold during the nighttime.

## Synonyms
- night
- nightfall
- dark
- darkness
- evening

## Antonyms
- daytime
- day
- daylight

## Related Forms
- night
- nightly
- nightfall

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: niht
- Root: tīma

## Etymology
A compound of night + time, an English formation; night from Old English niht and time from Old English tīma.

## AI Etymology
Nighttime is a compound of night + time, an English formation; night from Old English niht and time from Old English tīma. The etymological trail includes Old English niht and Old English tīma. As a noun, nighttime means the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. The same family is visible in related forms such as night, nightly, and nightfall. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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