Meanings
- During the night.
Owls usually hunt at night.
2 more examples
Movement was then observed in a part of the wall which had been quiescent, and another group of struts was therefore constructed, again during traffic hours as well as at night.
1955 February, “Notes and News: Arresting an Earth Slip at Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 138As these [diesel] trains have to be shedded under cover at night, four additional outdoor standage roads are being provided for stabling of electric rolling stock after inspection in the shed.
1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662Synonyms: by night, after dark, nocturnally · Antonyms: diurnally
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Ancient Greek νύκτωρ
- νύκτωρ (núktōr)during the night
Arabic فِي اَللَّيْلَ
- فِي اَللَّيْلَ (fī l-layla)during the night
Catalan de nit, a la nit
- de nitduring the night
- a la nitduring the night
Chinese Mandarin 夜間 /夜间, 夜裡 /夜里
- 夜間 /夜间 (yèjiān)during the night
- 夜裡 /夜里 (yèli)during the night
Czech v noci
- v nociduring the night
Dutch 's nachts, in de nacht
- 's nachtsduring the night
- in de nachtduring the night
Esperanto nokte
- nokteduring the night
Estonian öösel
- ööselduring the night
Finnish yöllä, öisin
- yölläduring the night
- öisinduring the night
French de nuit, la nuit
- de nuitduring the night
- la nuitduring the night
- nuitammentduring the night
German in der Nacht, nachts
- in der Nachtduring the night
- nachtsduring the night
- während der Nachtduring the night
Hebrew בַּלַּיְלָה
- בַּלַּיְלָה (baláyla, balláylɔ)during the night
Hindi रात को
- रात को (rāt ko)during the night
Hungarian éjszaka, éjjel
- éjszakaduring the night
- éjjelduring the night
- éjszakánkéntduring the night
- éjjelenkéntduring the night
- éjjelenteduring the night
Irish san oíche, istoíche
- san oícheduring the night
- istoícheduring the night
Italian di notte, nottetempo
- di notteduring the night
- nottetempoduring the night
- la notteduring the night
- nottempoduring the night
Japanese 夜に, 夜間に
- 夜に (yoru-ni)during the night
- 夜間に (yakan-ni)during the night
Latin noctū
- noctūduring the night
Polish nocą
- nocąduring the night
Portuguese à noite, de noite
- à noiteduring the night
- de noiteduring the night
Romanian noaptea
- noapteaduring the night
Russian но́чью
- но́чью (nóčʹju)during the night
Spanish por la noche, de noche
- por la nocheduring the night
- de nocheduring the night
Swahili usiku
- usikuduring the night
Swedish på natten, nattetid
- på nattenduring the night
- nattetidduring the night
Tagalog sa gabi, tuwing gabi
- sa gabiduring the night
- tuwing gabiduring the night
Urdu رات کو
- رات کو (rāt ko)during the night
Yiddish אויפֿדערנאַכט
- אויפֿדערנאַכט (oyfdernakht)during the night
Cite this entry
at night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20night
“at night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20night. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at night,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20night.
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