Meanings
alternative informal nonstandard all-nite
- not comparableLasting throughout the whole night (or most of it)
an all-night party
3 more examples
Spite of brown-stone trimmings, plate-glass and mosaic vestibule floors, the water does not rise in summer to the second story, while the beer flows unchecked to the all-night picnics on the roof.
1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Awakening”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 19The former G.E.R. all-night service between Liverpool Street and Chingford, at hourly intervals, is revived.
1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 20Sherpas from the European Union and 19 countries worked through the week to salvage a meaningful joint statement, culminating in an all-night session on Friday.
2018 December 1, Julian Borger, “G20 agreement backs 'rules-based' order but bows to Trump on trade reforms”, in The Guardian, London, United Kingdom, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2019
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
- Proto-Germanic*allaz
- Proto-Germanic*ala-
- Proto-West Germanic*ala-
- Old Englishæl-
- Middle Englishall-
- Englishall-
- Proto-Indo-European*nókʷts
- Proto-Germanic*nahts
- Proto-West Germanic*naht
- Proto-West Germanic*nahti
- Old Englishniht
- Middle Englishnyght
- Englishnight
- Englishall-night
Translations
Ancient Greek παννύχιος
- παννύχιος (pannúkhios)lasting throughout the whole night
Finnish koko yön kestävä
- koko yön kestävälasting throughout the whole night
German abendfüllend
- abendfüllendlasting throughout the whole night
Greek ολονύκτιος, ολονύχτιος
- ολονύκτιος (olonýktios)lasting throughout the whole night
- ολονύχτιος (olonýchtios)lasting throughout the whole night
Latin pernox
- pernoxlasting throughout the whole night
Malay semalaman
- semalamanlasting throughout the whole night
Polish całonocny
- całonocnylasting throughout the whole night
Russian все́нощный, ночно́й
- все́нощный (vsénoščnyj)lasting throughout the whole night
- ночно́й (nočnój)lasting throughout the whole night
- всю но́чь (vsju nóčʹ)lasting throughout the whole night
- всю но́чь напролёт (vsju nóčʹ naproljót)lasting throughout the whole night
Ukrainian цілоні́чний
- цілоні́чний (ciloníčnyj)lasting throughout the whole night
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with all-night
Cite this entry
all-night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-night
“all-night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-night. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all-night,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-night.
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