noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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2
noun
Meaning 2
An overnight guest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
History
Etymology
From sleep + over.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
festa de pijama
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Danish:
overnatning
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Dutch:
logeerpartijtje
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Dutch:
logeerpartij
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Finnish:
yökylään jääminen
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Finnish:
yökyläily
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
French:
soirée pyjama
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
German:
Übernachtung
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Hungarian:
ottalvós buli
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Hungarian:
pizsamaparti
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Italian:
festa di pigiama
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Polish:
nocowanie
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Polish:
nocowanka
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Portuguese:
festa de pijama
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Russian:
ночёвка
(nočóvka)
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Russian:
переночёвка
(perenočóvka)
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Russian:
переночева́нье
(perenočevánʹje)
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Spanish:
pijamada
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Spanish:
fiesta de pijamas
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Spanish:
piyamada
— the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
