night

[ nahyt ]
/ naɪt /

noun

adjective

Idioms for night

    night and day,
    1. unceasingly; continually: She worked night and day until the job was done.
    2. a complete difference; completely different: The improvement in her grades after tutoring was like night and day.
    Also day and night.

Origin of night

before 900; Middle English; Old English niht, neaht, cognate with German Nacht, Gothic nahts, Latin nox (stem noct-), Greek nýx (stem nykt-)

OTHER WORDS FROM night

night·less, adjective night·less·ly, adverb night·like, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH night

knight night

British Dictionary definitions for day and night

night
/ (naɪt) /

noun

Other words from night

Related adjective: nocturnal

Derived forms of night

nightless, adjective nightlike, adjective

Word Origin for night

Old English niht; compare Dutch nacht, Latin nox, Greek nux

Idioms and Phrases with day and night (1 of 2)

day and night

see under night and day.

Idioms and Phrases with day and night (2 of 2)

night