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tonight

adv · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /təˈnaɪt/
  • Northumbria: /ðəˈniːt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: T AH0 N AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: T UH0 N AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I want to party tonight!
  • I had a wonderful time with you tonight.
  • I had a dreadful nightmare last night; I hope I sleep better tonight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Last night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Tonight is the night.
  • I have high hopes for tonight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

during the night of the present day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • drop by tonight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: this evening, this night

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the present or immediately coming night

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: present, nowadays

History

Etymology

From Middle English tonyght, to niȝt, from Old English tō niht.

Across languages

Translations

250 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vanaand — during today's evening
  • Albanian: sonte — during today's evening
  • Arabic: هٰذَا الْمَسَاء (hāḏā l-masāʔ) — during today's evening
  • Arabic: اللَّيْلَ (al-layla) — during today's evening
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܿܘ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (awa rāmša) — during today's evening
  • Armenian: այս երեկո (ays ereko) — during today's evening
  • Armenian: այսօր երեկոյան (aysōr erekoyan) — during today's evening
  • Basque: gaur gauean — during today's evening
  • Belarusian: сё́ння ве́чарам (sjónnja vjéčaram) — during today's evening
  • Central Bikol: ngunyan na banggi — during today's evening
  • Bulgarian: довечера (dovečera) — during today's evening
  • Catalan: anit — during today's evening
  • Cebuano: karong gabii — during today's evening
  • Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv) — during today's evening
  • Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili — during today's evening
  • Chinese Cantonese: 今晚 (gam1 maan5) — during today's evening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 今晚 (jīnwǎn) — during today's evening
  • Czech: dnes večer — during today's evening
  • Danish: i aften — during today's evening
  • Danish: iaften — during today's evening
  • Dutch: vanavond — during today's evening
  • Esperanto: ĉi-vespere — during today's evening
  • Estonian: täna õhtul — during today's evening
  • Finnish: tänä iltana — during today's evening
  • French: ce soir — during today's evening
  • French: au soir — during today's evening
  • French: à soir — during today's evening
  • Gallo: é sai — during today's evening
  • Georgian: ამ საღამოს (am saɣamos) — during today's evening
  • German: heute Abend — during today's evening
  • Greek: απόψε (apópse) — during today's evening
  • Hebrew: הערב (haerev) — during today's evening
  • Hindi: आज शाम (āj śām) — during today's evening
  • Hungarian: ma este — during today's evening
  • Icelandic: í kvöld — during today's evening
  • Icelandic: í nótt — during today's evening
  • Ido: cavespere — during today's evening
  • Indonesian: nanti malam — during today's evening
  • Irish: anocht — during today's evening
  • Italian: stasera — during today's evening
  • Japanese: 今晩 (konban) — during today's evening
  • Japanese: 今夜 (kon'ya) — during today's evening
  • Japanese: 今宵 (koyoi) — during today's evening
  • Khmer: នៅល្ងាចនេះ (nɨv lŋiec nih) — during today's evening
  • Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī) — during today's evening
  • Latvian: šovakar — during today's evening
  • Lithuanian: šįvakar — during today's evening
  • Macedonian: вечерва (večerva) — during today's evening
  • Macedonian: довечер (dovečer) — during today's evening
  • Manx: noght — during today's evening
  • Marathi: आज संध्याकाळी (āj sandhyākāḷī) — during today's evening
  • Marathi: आज सायंकाळी (āj sāyaṅkāḷī) — during today's evening
  • Mizo: zâninah — during today's evening
  • Mongolian: өнөө орой (önöö oroj) — during today's evening
  • Norman: à ce sei — during today's evening
  • Norman: à ces sé — during today's evening
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i kveld — during today's evening
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i aften — during today's evening
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i kveld — during today's evening
  • Plautdietsch: venowent — during today's evening
  • Polish: dziś wieczorem — during today's evening
  • Polish: tego wieczoru — during today's evening
  • Portuguese: hoje à tardinha — during today's evening
  • Portuguese: hoje à noitinha — during today's evening
  • Romanian: diseară — during today's evening
  • Romanian: deseară — during today's evening
  • Romanian: astă-seară — during today's evening
  • Russian: сего́дня ве́чером (sevódnja véčerom) — during today's evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: вечѐрас — during today's evening
  • Serbo-Croatian: večèras — during today's evening
  • Slovak: dnes večer — during today's evening
  • Slovene: danes zvečer — during today's evening
  • Spanish: esta noche — during today's evening
  • Spanish: esta tarde — during today's evening
  • Swedish: i kväll — during today's evening
  • Tagalog: ngayong gabi — during today's evening
  • Ukrainian: сього́дні уве́чері (sʹohódni uvéčeri) — during today's evening
  • Ukrainian: сього́дні вве́чері (sʹohódni vvéčeri) — during today's evening
  • Ukrainian: сього́вечір (sʹohóvečir) — during today's evening
  • Ukrainian: цього́вечір (cʹohóvečir) — during today's evening
  • Urdu: آج شام (āj śām) — during today's evening
  • Vietnamese: tối nay — during today's evening
  • Volapük: asoaro — during today's evening
  • Waray-Waray: yana nga gab-i — during today's evening
  • Welsh: heno — during today's evening
  • Yiddish: הײַנט בײַ נאַכט (haynt bay nakht) — during today's evening
  • Afrikaans: vannag — during today's nighttime
  • Albanian: sonte — during today's nighttime
  • Alviri-Vidari: ام شو (am šev) — during today's nighttime
  • Arabic: اَللَّيْلَةَ (al-laylata) — during today's nighttime
  • Arabic: هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ (hāḏihi l-laylata) — during today's nighttime
  • Arabic: الليلة (al-lēla) — during today's nighttime
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (idlayle) — during today's nighttime
  • Armenian: այս գիշեր (ays gišer) — during today's nighttime
  • Bakhtiari: امشو (amšaw) — during today's nighttime
  • Belarusian: сё́ння но́ччу (sjónnja nóčču) — during today's nighttime
  • Breton: fenoz — during today's nighttime
  • Breton: henozh — during today's nighttime
  • Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer) — during today's nighttime
  • Burmese: ဒီည (di-nya.) — during today's nighttime
  • Catalan: anit — during today's nighttime
  • Catalan: aquesta nit — during today's nighttime
  • Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv) — during today's nighttime
  • Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili — during today's nighttime
  • Chinese Mandarin: 今晚 (jīnwǎn) — during today's nighttime
  • Chuvash: кӗҫӗр (kĕś̬ĕr) — during today's nighttime
  • Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo — during today's nighttime
  • Czech: dnes v noci — during today's nighttime
  • Danish: i aften — during today's nighttime
  • Danish: i nat — during today's nighttime
  • Dutch: vannacht — during today's nighttime
  • Esperanto: ĉi-nokte — during today's nighttime
  • Estonian: täna öösel — during today's nighttime
  • Faroese: í kvøld — during today's nighttime
  • Faroese: í nátt — during today's nighttime
  • Finnish: tänä yönä — during today's nighttime
  • French: cette nuit — during today's nighttime
  • West-Frisian: jûn — during today's nighttime
  • Galician: esta noite — during today's nighttime
  • Georgian: ამაღამ (amaɣam) — during today's nighttime
  • German: heute Nacht — during today's nighttime
  • Greek: απόψε (apópse) — during today's nighttime
  • Hebrew: הלילה (ha-layla) — during today's nighttime
  • Hindi: आज रात को (āj rāt ko) — during today's nighttime
  • Hungarian: ma éjjel — during today's nighttime
  • Hungarian: ma éjszaka — during today's nighttime
  • Ido: canokte — during today's nighttime
  • Interlingua: iste vespere — during today's nighttime
  • Interlingua: iste nocte — during today's nighttime
  • Irish: anocht — during today's nighttime
  • Italian: stanotte — during today's nighttime
  • Japanese: 今夜 (kon'ya) — during today's nighttime
  • Japanese: 今晩 (komban) — during today's nighttime
  • Khmer: យប់នេះ (yup nih) — during today's nighttime
  • Korean: 오늘 저녁 (oneul jeonyeok) — during today's nighttime
  • Korean: 오늘 밤 (oneul bam) — during today's nighttime
  • Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew) — during today's nighttime
  • Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī) — during today's nighttime
  • Latvian: šonakt — during today's nighttime
  • Lithuanian: šiąnakt — during today's nighttime
  • Macedonian: ноќва (noḱva) — during today's nighttime
  • Marathi: आज रात्री (āj rātrī) — during today's nighttime
  • Mongolian: өнөө шөнө (önöö šönö) — during today's nighttime
  • Norman: ch'tigniet — during today's nighttime
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i natt — during today's nighttime
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i natt — during today's nighttime
  • Dari: اِمْشَب (imšab) — during today's nighttime
  • Dari: اِمْشَو (imšaw) — during today's nighttime
  • Iranian Persian: اِمْشب (emšab) — during today's nighttime
  • Plautdietsch: venowent — during today's nighttime
  • Polish: dziś w nocy — during today's nighttime
  • Polish: tej nocy — during today's nighttime
  • Portuguese: hoje à noite — during today's nighttime
  • Portuguese: esta/essa noite — during today's nighttime
  • Romanian: la noapte — during today's nighttime
  • Russian: сего́дня но́чью (sevódnja nóčʹju) — during today's nighttime
  • Russian: се́ночь (sénočʹ) — during today's nighttime
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd — during today's nighttime
  • Serbo-Croatian: но̀ћас — during today's nighttime
  • Serbo-Croatian: nòćas — during today's nighttime
  • Slovak: dnes v noci — during today's nighttime
  • Slovene: nocój — during today's nighttime
  • Spanish: esta noche — during today's nighttime
  • Swedish: i natt — during today's nighttime
  • Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri) — during today's nighttime
  • Ukrainian: сього́дні вночі́ (sʹohódni vnočí) — during today's nighttime
  • Ukrainian: сього́дні ні́ччю (sʹohódni níččju) — during today's nighttime
  • Ukrainian: cьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč) — during today's nighttime
  • Ukrainian: цьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč) — during today's nighttime
  • Urdu: آج رات کو (āj rāt ko) — during today's nighttime
  • Vietnamese: đêm nay — during today's nighttime
  • Volapük: aneito — during today's nighttime
  • Welsh: heno — during today's nighttime
  • Albanian: sonte — nighttime today
  • Amharic: ዛሬ ማታ (zare mata) — nighttime today
  • Arabic: اَللَّيْلَة (al-layla) — nighttime today
  • Armenian: այսօրվա երեկոն (aysōrva erekon) — nighttime today
  • Armenian: այս գիշերը (ays gišerə) — nighttime today
  • Azerbaijani: bu gecə — nighttime today
  • Breton: fenoz — nighttime today
  • Breton: henozh — nighttime today
  • Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer) — nighttime today
  • Catalan: anit — nighttime today
  • Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv) — nighttime today
  • Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili — nighttime today
  • Chinese Mandarin: 今晚 (jīnwǎn) — nighttime today
  • Czech: dnes večer — nighttime today
  • Danish: i aften — nighttime today
  • Danish: i nat — nighttime today
  • Dutch: vanavond — nighttime today
  • Dutch: vannacht — nighttime today
  • Esperanto: hodiaŭ nokte — nighttime today
  • Estonian: tänane õhtu — nighttime today
  • Faroese: í kvøld — nighttime today
  • Finnish: tänä iltana — nighttime today
  • French: ce soir — nighttime today
  • French: au soir — nighttime today
  • French: à soir — nighttime today
  • French: cette nuit — nighttime today
  • West-Frisian: jûn — nighttime today
  • German: heute Abend — nighttime today
  • German: heute Nacht — nighttime today
  • Greek: απόψε (apópse) — nighttime today
  • Hebrew: הלילה (haláyla) — nighttime today
  • Hebrew: הערב (haérev) — nighttime today
  • Hindi: आज रात (āj rāt) — nighttime today
  • Hungarian: a mai este — nighttime today
  • Hungarian: a mai éjszaka — nighttime today
  • Icelandic: í kvöld — nighttime today
  • Interlingua: iste vespere — nighttime today
  • Interlingua: iste nocte — nighttime today
  • Italian: stasera — nighttime today
  • Italian: stanotte — nighttime today
  • Japanese: 今夜 (kon'ya) — nighttime today
  • Japanese: 今晩 (komban) — nighttime today
  • Korean: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok) — nighttime today
  • Korean: 오늘밤 (oneulbam) — nighttime today
  • Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew) — nighttime today
  • Latin: hac nocte — nighttime today
  • Latvian: šis vakars — nighttime today
  • Latvian: šī nakts — nighttime today
  • Lithuanian: šis vakaras — nighttime today
  • Lithuanian: ši naktis — nighttime today
  • Macedonian: вечерва (večerva) — nighttime today
  • Maltese: illejla — nighttime today
  • Marathi: आजची रात्र (ājcī rātra) — nighttime today
  • Norwegian: i kveld — nighttime today
  • Norwegian: i natt — nighttime today
  • Occitan: anuèit anuèch — nighttime today
  • Polish: tej nocy — nighttime today
  • Polish: dziś w nocy — nighttime today
  • Polish: [nocą] — nighttime today
  • Portuguese: esta noite — nighttime today
  • Romanian: noaptea asta — nighttime today
  • Romanian: noaptea aceasta — nighttime today
  • Russian: сегодняшний вечер (sevodnjašnij večer) — nighttime today
  • Russian: наступающая ночь (nastupajuščaja nočʹ) — nighttime today
  • Scots: the nicht — nighttime today
  • Serbo-Croatian: ноћас — nighttime today
  • Serbo-Croatian: noćas — nighttime today
  • Slovak: dnešný večer — nighttime today
  • Spanish: esta noche — nighttime today
  • Swahili: usiku wa leo — nighttime today
  • Swahili: leo usiku — nighttime today
  • Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri) — nighttime today
  • Urdu: آج رات (āj rāt) — nighttime today
  • Vietnamese: tối nay — nighttime today
  • Vietnamese: đêm nay — nighttime today
  • Volapük: aneit — nighttime today
  • Welsh: heno — nighttime today
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