nocturnal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /nɑkˈtɝ.nəl/
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• Canada, dialectal: /nɒkˈtɝ.nəl/ of the US
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• Australian: /nɔkˈtɜː.nəl/
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• New-Zealand: [nɔ̟kˈtøː.nəl]
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
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• CMU ARPABET: N AA0 K T ER1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnālis (“nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókwts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: የሌሊት (yälelit) — primarily active during the night
• Armenian: գիշերային (gišerayin) — primarily active during the night
• Belarusian: начны́ (načný) — primarily active during the night
• Bulgarian: но́щен (nóšten) — primarily active during the night
• Catalan: nocturn — primarily active during the night
• Chinese Mandarin: 夜的 (yè de) — primarily active during the night
• Chinese Mandarin: 晝伏夜出 /昼伏夜出 (zhòufúyèchū) — primarily active during the night
• Czech: noční — primarily active during the night
• Dutch: nachtelijk — primarily active during the night
• Dutch: nacht- — primarily active during the night
• Dutch: nachtactief — primarily active during the night
• Esperanto: nokta — primarily active during the night
• Finnish: yö- — primarily active during the night
• Finnish: yöllinen — primarily active during the night
• Finnish: öinen — primarily active during the night
• Finnish: nokturnaalinen — primarily active during the night
• French: nocturne — primarily active during the night
• West-Frisian: nachtlik — primarily active during the night
• West-Frisian: nacht- — primarily active during the night
• Galician: nocturno — primarily active during the night
• Georgian: ღამის (ɣamis) — primarily active during the night
• Georgian: მეღამური (meɣamuri) — primarily active during the night
• German: nachtaktiv — primarily active during the night
• Greek: νυκτόβιος (nyktóvios) — primarily active during the night
• Ancient Greek: νυκτερινός (nukterinós) — primarily active during the night
• Hindi: निशाचर (niśācar) — primarily active during the night
• Hindi: रजनीचर (rajnīcar) — primarily active during the night
• Hungarian: éjjeli — primarily active during the night
• Ido: noktala — primarily active during the night
• Interlingua: nocturne — primarily active during the night
• Italian: notturno — primarily active during the night
• Japanese: 夜行 — primarily active during the night
• Japanese: 夜行性 (yakōsei) — primarily active during the night
• Korean: 야행 (yahaeng) — primarily active during the night
• Korean: 야행성 (yahaengseong) — primarily active during the night
• Latvian: naksnīgs — primarily active during the night
• Māori: ohopō — primarily active during the night
• Māori: moeao — primarily active during the night
• Old English: nihtlīċ — primarily active during the night
• Persian: شبانه (šabâne) — primarily active during the night
• Piedmontese: noturn — primarily active during the night
• Polish: nocny — primarily active during the night
• Portuguese: noturno — primarily active during the night
• Russian: ночно́й (nočnój) — primarily active during the night
• Spanish: nocturno — primarily active during the night
• Spanish: noctámbulo — primarily active during the night
• Spanish: trasnochador — primarily active during the night
• Spanish: noctívago — primarily active during the night
• Spanish: nocherniego — primarily active during the night
• Spanish: nocheriego — primarily active during the night
• Spanish: nochero — primarily active during the night
• Swedish: natt- — primarily active during the night
• Swedish: nattaktiv — primarily active during the night
• Swedish: aktiv om natten — primarily active during the night
• Turkish: gececil — primarily active during the night
• Turkish: noktürnâl — primarily active during the night
• Ukrainian: нічни́й (ničnýj) — primarily active during the night
• Amharic: የሌሊት (yälelit) — taking place at night
• Arabic: لَيْلِيّ (layliyy) — taking place at night
• Belarusian: начны́ (načný) — taking place at night
• Bulgarian: но́щен (nóšten) — taking place at night
• Catalan: nocturn — taking place at night
• Chinese Mandarin: 夜間的 /夜间的 (yèjiān de) — taking place at night
• Czech: noční — taking place at night
• Dutch: nachtelijk — taking place at night
• Esperanto: nokta — taking place at night
• French: nocturne — taking place at night
• Georgian: ღამეული (ɣameuli) — taking place at night
• German: nächtlich — taking place at night
• Greek: νυχτερινός (nychterinós) — taking place at night
• Greek: νυχτιάτικος (nychtiátikos) — taking place at night
• Ancient Greek: νυκτερινός (nukterinós) — taking place at night
• Hindi: रात्रिक (rātrik) — taking place at night
• Hungarian: éjjeli — taking place at night
• Interlingua: nocturne — taking place at night
• Japanese: 夜の (yoru no) — taking place at night
• Japanese: 夜間の (yakan no) — taking place at night
• Korean: 밤의 (bamui) — taking place at night
• Korean: 야간의 (yaganui) — taking place at night
• Latvian: naksnīgs — taking place at night
• Macedonian: ноќен (noḱen) — taking place at night
• Māori: tūāpō — taking place at night
• Persian: شبانه (šabâne) — taking place at night
• Polish: nocny — taking place at night
• Russian: ночно́й (nočnój) — taking place at night
• Serbo-Croatian: но̀ћнӣ — taking place at night
• Serbo-Croatian: nòćnī — taking place at night
• Slovak: nočný — taking place at night
• Slovene: nočen — taking place at night
• Spanish: nocturno — taking place at night
• Spanish: nochero — taking place at night
• Spanish: nocherniego — taking place at night
• Spanish: nocheriego — taking place at night
• Swedish: nattlig — taking place at night
• Tajik: шабона (šabona) — taking place at night
• Turkish: geceleyin olan — taking place at night
• Turkish: geceye ait — taking place at night
• Ukrainian: нічни́й (ničnýj) — taking place at night