all night

adverb

For the period of an entire night.

“There hasn't been a breath of air all night.”

Meanings

adverball night (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFor the period of an entire night.

    There hasn't been a breath of air all night.

    1 more example

    I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 成晚, 通宵
  • 成晚 (seng⁴ maan⁵)entire night
  • 通宵entire night
Chinese Mandarin 整夜, 徹夜 /彻夜
  • 整夜 (zhěngyè)entire night
  • 徹夜 /彻夜 (chèyè)entire night
  • 通宵 (tōngxiāo)entire night
Esperanto tutnokte
  • tutnokteentire night
Finnish koko
  • kokoentire night
French toute la nuit
  • toute la nuitentire night
Greek όλη τη νύχτα, ολονυχτίς
  • όλη τη νύχτα (óli ti nýchta)entire night
  • ολονυχτίς (olonychtís)entire night
Indonesian semalaman
  • semalamanentire night
Japanese 終夜
  • 終夜 (shūya)entire night
Norwegian Bokmål hele natta / hele natten, i hele natt
  • hele natta / hele nattenentire night
  • i hele nattentire night
Portuguese a noite toda/inteira
  • a noite toda/inteiraentire night
Tamil முழு இரவு, இரவு முழுதும்
  • முழு இரவு (muḻu iravu)entire night
  • இரவு முழுதும் (iravu muḻutum)entire night
  • இரவு முழுவதும் (iravu muḻuvatum)entire night
  • விடிய விடிய (viṭiya viṭiya)entire night
Cite this entry
APA

all night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20night

MLA

“all night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20night. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all night,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20night.

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