all-night

US/ˌɔlˈnaɪt/UK/ˌɔːlˈnaɪt/

adjective

Lasting throughout the whole night (or most of it)

“an all-night party”

Meanings

adjectiveall-night (not comparable)

alternative informal nonstandard all-nite

  1. 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 19

    The 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 20

    Sherpas 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

adjectivelasting, open, or operating through the whole night

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  3. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*ala-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ala-
  6. Old Englishæl-
  7. Middle Englishall-
  8. Englishall-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*nókʷts
  10. Proto-Germanic*nahts
  11. Proto-West Germanic*naht
  12. Proto-West Germanic*nahti
  13. Old Englishniht
  14. Middle Englishnyght
  15. Englishnight
  16. Englishall-night

From all- + night.

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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

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Cite this entry
APA

all-night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-night

MLA

“all-night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-night. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all-night,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-night.

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