Definition/Meaning of night

• English - Noun: night ( countable and uncountable , plural nights ) ( countable ) The period between sunset and sunrise , when a location faces far away from the sun , thus when the sky is dark . How do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!? 1920 , Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, The Bat , chapterI: The Bat—they called him the Bat . Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of…
• English - Interjection: night ! Short for good night Night all! Thanks for a great evening! Translations
• English - Verb: night ( third-person singular simple present nights , present participle nighting , simple past and past participle nighted ) To spend a night (in a place), to overnight . 2008 , Richard F . Burton , Arabian Nights , in 16 volumes , p .284: "So I took seat and ate somewhat of my vivers , my horse also feeding upon his fodder , and we nighted in that spot and next morning I set out [ … ] ."
• English - Alternative forms: nite ( informal )
• English - Etymology: From Middle English night , nyght , niȝt , naht , from Old English niht , neht , nyht , neaht , næht ( “ night ” ), from Proto-Germanic *nahts ( “ night ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts ( “ night ” ). Cognate with Scots nicht , neicht ( “ night ” ), West Frisian nacht ( “ night ” ), Dutch nacht ( “ night ” ), Low German Nacht ( “ night ” ), German Nacht ( “ night ” ), Danish nat ( “ night ”…