Etymology

nocturne

noc·turne
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Today it means: A work in a genre of piano music of moderate tempo with a highly-decorated, improvisatory melody. Full definition →

French nocturne ← Latin nocturnus
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  1. Latin · derived fromnocturnus
  2. French · borrowed fromnocturne
  3. English todaynocturne

Borrowed from French nocturne (literally “nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus. Doublet of notturno.

Words from the same roots

Latinnocturnus all →

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