overnight

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• /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 N AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English overnyght, from Old English ofer niht (“through the night, overnight”), equivalent to over + night. Verbal use (late 19th c.) may have been influenced by German übernachten (16th c.), though it could also have developed independently. Compare also Dutch overnachten (“to overnight”), Middle Low German ȫvernachten (“to overnight”), West Frisian oernachtsje (“to overnight”), Saterland Frisian uurnoachtje (“to overnight”).

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нощен (nošten) — during a single night
• Finnish: öinen — during a single night
• French: nocturne — during a single night
• Hebrew: לילי leylí — during a single night
• Italian: notturno — during a single night
• Portuguese: noturno — during a single night
• Russian: ночно́й (nočnój) — during a single night
• Spanish: nocturno — during a single night
• Central Bikol: mag-aga — throughout the night
• Bulgarian: цяла нощ (cjala nošt) — throughout the night
• Chinese Mandarin: 通宵 (tōngxiāo) — throughout the night
• Danish: i nattens løb — throughout the night
• Dutch: 's nachts — throughout the night
• Esperanto: dum la nokto — throughout the night
• Finnish: yön yli — throughout the night
• German: über Nacht — throughout the night
• Hindi: रात भर (rāt bhar) — throughout the night
• Japanese: 一夜 (ichiya) — throughout the night
• Norwegian Bokmål: over natta — throughout the night
• Norwegian Nynorsk: over natta — throughout the night
• Old English: ofer niht — throughout the night
• Plautdietsch: äwanacht — throughout the night
• Polish: przez noc — throughout the night
• Portuguese: durante a noite — throughout the night
• Romanian: peste noapte — throughout the night
• Romansh: sur notg — throughout the night
• Russian: всю ночь (vsju nočʹ) — throughout the night
• Turkish: geceleyin — throughout the night
• Vietnamese: qua đêm — throughout the night
• Welsh: dros nos — throughout the night
• Danish: natten over — during a single night
• Finnish: yhdessä yössä — during a single night
• German: über Nacht — during a single night
• Hebrew: בִּן לַיְלָה (bin láyla) — during a single night
• Old English: ofer niht — during a single night
• Portuguese: em uma noite — during a single night
• Romanian: într-o noapte — during a single night
• Russian: за́ ночь (zá nočʹ) — during a single night
• Turkish: o gece — during a single night
• Turkish: bir gecede — during a single night
• Welsh: dros nos — during a single night
• Arabic: بَيْنَ لَيْلةٍ وَضُحاهَا (bayna laylatin waḍuḥāhā) — in a very short amount of time
• Bulgarian: изведнъж (izvednǎž) — in a very short amount of time
• Chinese Mandarin: 一夜之間 /一夜之间 (yīyèzhījiān) — in a very short amount of time
• Chinese Mandarin: 一夜 (yīyè) — in a very short amount of time
• Danish: pludselig — in a very short amount of time
• Danish: straks — in a very short amount of time
• Dutch: van de ene dag op de andere — in a very short amount of time
• Dutch: van vandaag op morgen — in a very short amount of time
• Dutch: overnachts — in a very short amount of time
• Finnish: yhdessä yössä — in a very short amount of time
• French: du jour au lendemain — in a very short amount of time
• German: von heute auf morgen — in a very short amount of time
• German: von einem Tag auf den anderen — in a very short amount of time
• German: über Nacht — in a very short amount of time
• Hebrew: בִּן לַיְלָה (bin láyla) — in a very short amount of time
• Italian: da un giorno all'altro — in a very short amount of time
• Italian: da un momento all'altro — in a very short amount of time
• Italian: dall'oggi al domani — in a very short amount of time
• Italian: di botto — in a very short amount of time
• Italian: di colpo — in a very short amount of time
• Norwegian Bokmål: over natta — in a very short amount of time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: over natta — in a very short amount of time
• Polish: migiem — in a very short amount of time
• Portuguese: de um dia para o outro — in a very short amount of time
• Portuguese: do dia para a noite — in a very short amount of time
• Romanian: peste noapte — in a very short amount of time
• Russian: в одноча́сье (v odnočásʹje) — in a very short amount of time
• Russian: вдруг (vdrug) — in a very short amount of time
• Russian: внеза́пно (vnezápno) — in a very short amount of time
• Spanish: de un día para otro — in a very short amount of time
• Spanish: de la noche a la mañana — in a very short amount of time
• Turkish: aniden — in a very short amount of time
• Turkish: bir anda — in a very short amount of time
• Turkish: kısa sürede — in a very short amount of time
• Turkish: bir gecede — in a very short amount of time
• Bulgarian: нощувка (noštuvka) — overnight stay
• Finnish: yöpyminen — overnight stay
• French: nuitée — overnight stay
• German: Logiernacht — overnight stay
• Korean: 일박 (ilbak) — overnight stay
• Portuguese: pernoite — overnight stay
• Portuguese: pernoitada — overnight stay
• Portuguese: pernoita — overnight stay
• Portuguese: pernoitamento — overnight stay
• Romanian: înnoptare — overnight stay
• Romanian: înnoptat — overnight stay
• Russian: ночёвка (nočóvka) — overnight stay
• Spanish: pernocta — overnight stay
• Spanish: pernoctación — overnight stay
• Swedish: övernattning — overnight stay