Phrase guide

at night

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

During the night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Owls usually hunt at night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: after dark, nocturnally

Antonyms: diurnally

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِي اَللَّيْلَ (fī l-layla) — during the night
  • Australian Kriol: deidam — during the night
  • Bashkir: төнөн (tönön) — during the night
  • Bashkir: төндә (töndə) — during the night
  • Catalan: de nit — during the night
  • Catalan: a la nit — during the night
  • Chickasaw: oklhilika̠ — during the night
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夜間 /夜间 (yèjiān) — during the night
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夜裡 /夜里 (yèli) — during the night
  • Maore Comorian: mauku — during the night
  • Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu — during the night
  • Czech: v noci — during the night
  • Dutch: 's nachts — during the night
  • Dutch: in de nacht — during the night
  • Esperanto: nokte — during the night
  • Estonian: öösel — during the night
  • Finnish: yöllä — during the night
  • Finnish: öisin — during the night
  • French: de nuit — during the night
  • French: la nuit — during the night
  • French: nuitamment — during the night
  • Galician: á noite — during the night
  • Galician: de noite — during the night
  • German: in der Nacht — during the night
  • German: nachts — during the night
  • German: während der Nacht — during the night
  • Ancient Greek: νύκτωρ (núktōr) — during the night
  • Hebrew: בַּלַּיְלָה (baláyla, balláylɔ) — during the night
  • Hindi: रात को (rāt ko) — during the night
  • Hungarian: éjszaka — during the night
  • Hungarian: éjjel — during the night
  • Hungarian: éjszakánként — during the night
  • Hungarian: éjjelenként — during the night
  • Hungarian: éjjelente — during the night
  • Irish: san oíche — during the night
  • Irish: istoíche — during the night
  • Italian: di notte — during the night
  • Italian: nottetempo — during the night
  • Italian: la notte — during the night
  • Italian: nottempo — during the night
  • Japanese: 夜に (yoru-ni) — during the night
  • Japanese: 夜間に (yakan-ni) — during the night
  • Latin: noctū — during the night
  • Old English: on niht — during the night
  • Old English: nihtes — during the night
  • Polish: nocą — during the night
  • Portuguese: à noite — during the night
  • Portuguese: de noite — during the night
  • Punic: 𐤁𐤋𐤋 (bll) — during the night
  • Romanian: noaptea — during the night
  • Romansh: da notg — during the night
  • Russian: но́чью (nóčʹju) — during the night
  • Northern Sami: ihkku — during the night
  • Sanskrit: अक्तु (aktu) — during the night
  • Spanish: por la noche — during the night
  • Spanish: de noche — during the night
  • Swahili: usiku — during the night
  • Swedish: på natten — during the night
  • Swedish: nattetid — during the night
  • Tagalog: sa gabi — during the night
  • Tagalog: tuwing gabi — during the night
  • Ternate: sifutu — during the night
  • Tocharian B: kästwer — during the night
  • Urdu: رات کو (rāt ko) — during the night
  • Yiddish: אויפֿדערנאַכט (oyfdernakht) — during the night