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noctule

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈnɒktjuːl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈnɑkt͡ʃul/

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noun

Meaning 1

A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French noctule, a latinised scientific borrowing of the Italian nottola (refers to various birds or bats), inherited from Late Latin noctula, diminutive of Classical Latin noctua (“night-owl”), ultimately from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókwts. Per the OED, first attested in English in 1771.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: noktulë — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Armenian: իրիկնաչղջիկ (iriknačʻġǰik) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Azerbaijani: axşam yarasası — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Basque: gau-saguzar — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Belarusian: вячэ́рніца (vjačérnica) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Breton: nozigell — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Bulgarian: вечерник (večernik) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Catalan: nòctul — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 山蝠 (saan1 fuk1) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 夜蝠 (je6 fuk1) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山蝠 (shānfú) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夜蝠 (yèfú) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Dutch: vroegvlieger — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Estonian: videvlane — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Finnish: isolepakko — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • French: noctule — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Georgian: მეღამურა (meɣamura) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • German: Abendsegler — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Hungarian: koraidenevér — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Italian: nottola — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Japanese: 山蝙蝠 (yamakōmori) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Japanese: ヤマコウモリ (yamakōmori) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Korean: 멧박쥐 (metbakjwi) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Lithuanian: nakviša — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: storflaggermus — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: storflaggermus — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Persian: خفاش جنگلی (xoffâš jangali) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Polish: borowiec — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Portuguese: morcego-arborícola — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Portuguese: morcego arborícola — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Punjabi: نائکٹالس (nāykṭālas) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Russian: вече́рница (večérnica) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Serbo-Croatian: но̏ћнӣк — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȍćnīk — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Slovak: raniak — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Slovene: mračnik — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Spanish: nóctulo — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Swedish: brunfladdermus — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Thai: ค้างคาวกินแมลง (káang-kaao gin má-lɛɛng) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Ukrainian: вечі́рниця (večírnycja) — bat of the genus Nyctalus
  • Venetan: nòtoła — bat of the genus Nyctalus