night owl

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪt aʊl/
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• General-American: /ˈnaɪt ˌaʊl/
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From night + owl, from the fact that the bird is active at night.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: nachtuil — nocturnal owl
• Dutch: schuifuil — nocturnal owl
• Dutch: schuifuit — nocturnal owl
• Finnish: yöpöllö — nocturnal owl
• Latin: noctua — nocturnal owl
• Scottish Gaelic: cailleach-oidhche — nocturnal owl
• Shuar: ampush — nocturnal owl
• Afrikaans: naguil — one who is awake at night
• Afrikaans: nagwolf — one who is awake at night
• Afrikaans: naglooper — one who is awake at night
• Basque: gautxori — one who is awake at night
• Bulgarian: но́щна пти́ца (nóštna ptíca) — one who is awake at night
• Bulgarian: таласъ́м (talasǎ́m) — one who is awake at night
• Chinese Cantonese: 夜貓 /夜猫 (je6 maau1) — one who is awake at night
• Chinese Cantonese: 夜遊神 /夜游神 (je6 jau4 san4) — one who is awake at night
• Chinese Cantonese: 夜鬼 (je6 gwai2) — one who is awake at night
• Chinese: 暗光鳥 /暗光鸟 (zh-min-nan) — one who is awake at night
• Chinese Mandarin: 夜貓子 /夜猫子 (yè māozi) — one who is awake at night
• Czech: noční pták — one who is awake at night
• Danish: natteravn — one who is awake at night
• Dutch: nachtuil — one who is awake at night
• Dutch: avondmens — one who is awake at night
• Dutch: nachtbraker — one who is awake at night
• Esperanto: noktulo — one who is awake at night
• Esperanto: noktovagulo — one who is awake at night
• Faroese: náttarravnur — one who is awake at night
• Fijian: beka ni bogi — one who is awake at night
• Finnish: iltavirkku — one who is awake at night
• Finnish: yöihminen — one who is awake at night
• Finnish: yökyöpeli — one who is awake at night
• French: couche-tard — one who is awake at night
• French: noctambule — one who is awake at night
• French: oiseau de nuit — one who is awake at night
• German: Nachteule — one who is awake at night
• German: Nachtschwärmer — one who is awake at night
• German: Nachtmensch — one who is awake at night
• Greek: νυχτερινός τύπος (nychterinós týpos) — one who is awake at night
• Greek: νυχτοπούλι (nychtopoúli) — one who is awake at night
• Greek: ξενύχτης (xenýchtis) — one who is awake at night
• Hungarian: éjjeli bagoly — one who is awake at night
• Icelandic: nátthrafn — one who is awake at night
• Italian: nottambulo — one who is awake at night
• Italian: nottolone — one who is awake at night
• Japanese: 夜更かし (yofukashi) — one who is awake at night
• Japanese: 宵っ張り (yoippari) — one who is awake at night
• Japanese: 宵っぱり (yoippari) — one who is awake at night
• Japanese: 夜型 (yorugata) — one who is awake at night
• Polish: nocny marek — one who is awake at night
• Portuguese: coruja — one who is awake at night
• Portuguese: noctâmbulo — one who is awake at night
• Portuguese: noctívago — one who is awake at night
• Russian: полуно́чник (polunóčnik) — one who is awake at night
• Russian: сова́ (sová) — one who is awake at night
• Scottish Gaelic: falbhanaiche na h-oidhche — one who is awake at night
• Serbo-Croatian: ноћна птица — one who is awake at night
• Serbo-Croatian: noćna ptica — one who is awake at night
• Spanish: ave nocturna — one who is awake at night
• Spanish: noctámbulo — one who is awake at night
• Spanish: noctívago — one who is awake at night
• Spanish: trasnochador — one who is awake at night
• Spanish: nocheriego — one who is awake at night
• Spanish: nocherniego — one who is awake at night
• Spanish: nochero — one who is awake at night
• Swedish: nattuggla — one who is awake at night
• Swedish: nattramn — one who is awake at night
• Turkish: gece kuşu — one who is awake at night
• Vietnamese: cú đêm — one who is awake at night