nuit blanche

noun

An all-night celebration or festival.

Meanings

nuit blanche1

nounnuit blanche (plural nuits blanches)

plural nuits blanches · alternative Nuit Blanche

  1. An all-night celebration or festival.

    Synonyms: white night, White Night

Nuit Blanche2

nounNuit Blanche (plural Nuits Blanches)

plural Nuits Blanches

  1. alternativeAlternative form of nuit blanche.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn all-night celebration or festival.

Origin

  1. Frenchnuit blanche
  2. Frenchnuit blanche
  3. Englishnuit blanche

Borrowed from French nuit blanche (“white night”).

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Translations

French nuit blanche
  • nuit blancheall-night event
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