nighttime
See also: night-time
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)
- The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
- 1986, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant:
- Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time
- 1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 50, number 7, page 52:
- Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.
Synonyms
edit- nightertale, nighttide; see also Thesaurus:nighttime
Antonyms
edit- day, daytime; see also Thesaurus:daytime
Derived terms
editTranslations
edithours of darkness
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Adjective
editnighttime (not comparable)
- Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
- Happening during the night.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “pertaining to nighttime”): day, daytime
- (antonym(s) of “happening during the night”): daytime, diurnal
Translations
editpertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night
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