Phrase guide

night blindness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The optic condition nyctalopia, the inability to see clearly in faint light, as at night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moon blindness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nyctalopia, moon blindness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis, visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кокоша слепота (kokoša slepota) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Catalan: hemeralopia — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夜盲 (yèmáng) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Czech: šeroslepost — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Dutch: nachtblindheid — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Estonian: kanapimedus — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Finnish: hämäräsokeus — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • French: héméralopie — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • French: cécité nocturne — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • German: Nachtblindheit — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Gujarati: રતાંધળાપણું (ratāndhaḷāpaṇū̃) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Hindi: रतौंधी (rataundhī) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Hungarian: farkasvakság — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Hungarian: éjszakai vakság — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Indonesian: buta senja — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Indonesian: buta ayam — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Irish: daille oíche — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Italian: emeralopia — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Korean: 야맹증 (yamaengjeung) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Northern Kurdish: şevkorî — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Malay: bilar — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Malay: rabun ayam — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Malayalam: നിശാന്ധത (niśāndhata) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Portuguese: cegueira noturna — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Romanian: nictalopie — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Romanian: cecitate nocturnă — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Russian: кури́ная слепота́ (kurínaja slepotá) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Russian: никтало́пия (niktalópija) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Spanish: ceguera nocturna — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Spanish: hemeralopía — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Swedish: nattblindhet — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Tamil: மாலைக்கண் (mālaikkaṇ) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Telugu: రేచీకటి (rēcīkaṭi) — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Turkish: tavukkarası — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Turkish: gece körlüğü — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
  • Vietnamese: quáng gà — nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light