nightfall

See also: night-fall

English

Alternative forms

night-fall (archaic)

Etymology

night +‎ fall

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪt.fɔl/
(US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪt.fɑl/
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Noun

nightfall (countable and uncountable, plural nightfalls)

The close of the day; the coming of night.
at nightfall
nocturnal emission

Synonyms

dusk, evening, sundown, sunset; see also Thesaurus:dusk

Derived terms

night-falling

Related terms

Translations

the close of the day; the coming of night

Arabic: هُبُوط m (hubūṭ), لَيْل (ar) m (layl), غُرُوب m (ḡurūb), عَشِيّ m (ʕašiyy)
Bikol Central: sinarom (bcl)
Bulgarian: свечеряване n (svečerjavane), смрачаване n (smračavane)
Catalan: capvespre (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃昏／黄昏 (zh) (huánghūn), 薄暮 (zh) (bómù) (twilight)
Czech: soumrak (cs) m
Danish: skumring (da), mørkets frembrud
Dutch: avondschemering (nl), avondval, nachtval, valavond (nl)
Estonian: videvik (et)
Finnish: iltahämärä (fi), illansuu, illan siimes (fi)
French: tombée de la nuit (fr) f
Galician: anoitecer (gl) m, luscofusco m, crepúsculo (gl) m
German: Einbruch der Nacht m, Einbruch der Dunkelheit m, Zwielicht (de) n
Greek: σούρουπο (el) (soúroupo), νύχτωμα (el) (nýchtoma)
Hindi: साँझ (hi) f (sāñjh)
Hungarian: alkony (hu), alkonyat (hu), sötétedés (hu)
Icelandic: rökkurbil, ljósaskipti (is), næturkoma, nótt (is) f
Indonesian: senjakala
Ingrian: iltain
Italian: crepuscolo (it) m
Japanese: 日暮 (ja) (ひぐれ, higure)
Karachay-Balkar: ашхам (aşxam)
Korean: 해질녘 (haejillyeok), 황혼 (ko) (hwanghon)
Latin: annoctatio f
Latvian: krēsla; tumsas iestāšanās
Lithuanian: sutema, prieblanda
Manx: beeal ny hoie m
Maori: pōnga
Norwegian: mørkets frambrudd, skumring (no) m
Old Norse: dagsetr n
Persian: شبانگاه (fa)
Polish: zmrok (pl) m, zmierzch (pl) m
Portuguese: anoitecer (pt) m, crepúsculo (pt) m, lusco-fusco (pt) m
Romagnol: imbrunìr m
Romanian: căderea serii f, înserare (ro) f, amurg (ro) n, venirea nopții f, căderea nopții f, înnoptare (ro) f
Russian: наступле́ние но́чи n (nastuplénije nóči), су́мерки (ru) f pl (súmerki)
Sindhi: ِسَنجھا f (sanjhā)
Slovak: súmrak m
Slovene: mrak (sl) m
Spanish: anochecer (es) m
Swedish: kvällning (sv), nattens (mörkrets) inbrott
Tagalog: takipsilim (tl)
Turkish: akşam karanlığı (tr), akşam vakti
Vietnamese: chạng vạng (vi)
Walloon: anuti (wa) m
Welsh: cyfnos (cy) m, hwyr (cy) m, hwyrnos f

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