night
/naɪt/
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Translation
The dark part of each day, when the sun is down and people sleep.
Word origin
From Old English niht, meaning the dark time of day, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- niht
Grammar
Gender
Pluralnights
Examples
stars night.
"Night" is the dark part of the day.
stayed three nights.
"Nights" is the plural, meaning more than one night.
was cold winter night.
"Night" names the dark hours after the day ends.
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