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white night

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sleepless night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than six degrees below the horizon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: witte nacht — a sleepless night
  • Esperanto: blanka nokto — a sleepless night
  • Finnish: valkea yö — a sleepless night
  • French: nuit blanche — a sleepless night
  • Georgian: თეთრად გათენებული ღამე (tetrad gatenebuli ɣame) — a sleepless night
  • Georgian: უძილო ღამე (uʒilo ɣame) — a sleepless night
  • German: weiße Nacht — a sleepless night
  • Polish: biała noc — a sleepless night
  • Portuguese: noite em claro — a sleepless night
  • Portuguese: noite em branco — a sleepless night
  • Romanian: noapte albă — a sleepless night
  • Spanish: noche en blanco — a sleepless night
  • Spanish: noche toledana — a sleepless night
  • Turkish: uykusuz gece — a sleepless night
  • Chinese Cantonese: 白夜 (baak6 je6) — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白夜 (báiyè) — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon
  • Georgian: თეთრი ღამე (tetri ɣame) — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon
  • Hungarian: fehér éjszaka — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon
  • Japanese: 白夜 — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon
  • Korean: 백야 (baegya) — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon
  • Polish: biała noc — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon
  • Russian: бе́лая ночь (bélaja nočʹ) — (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon