Meanings
alternative archaic good-night · alternative goodnight · alternative colloquial g'night
- A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
Synonyms: night, night night
- colloquialExpressing incredulity.
Together they pried into the sodden mass, yanking out what was left of the record books. "Oh, good night!" Joe moaned in dismay. "The fire extinguisher liquid has messed up what the fire didn't."
1954, Franklin W. Dixon, The Yellow Feather Mystery1 more example
[…] peculiarities of your law always interest me. What is 'legitim'?" "Oh! Good-night!" I said derisively. "But I am in dead earnest, and really want to know," he added with a perfectly serious face; "I have a small bet on."
1920, William Darling Lyell, The House in Queen Anne Square: A Tale, page 34
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseA farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
Origin
Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تُصْبِح عَلَى خَيْر, لَيْلَة سَعِيدَة
- تُصْبِح عَلَى خَيْر (tuṣbiḥ ʕalā ḵayr)a farewell
- لَيْلَة سَعِيدَة (layla saʕīda)a farewell
Basque gabon
- gabona farewell
Bengali শুভ রাত্রি
- শুভ রাত্রি (śubho ratri)a farewell
Bulgarian ле́ка нощ
- ле́ка нощ (léka nošt)a farewell
Catalan bona nit
- bona nita farewell
Chinese Cantonese 晚安, 早唞
- 晚安 (maan⁵ on¹)a farewell
- 早唞 (zou² tau²)a farewell
Chinese Mandarin 晚安
- 晚安 (wǎn'ān)a farewell
Czech dobrou noc
- dobrou noca farewell
Danish godnat
- godnata farewell
Dutch goedenacht, goeienacht
- goedenachta farewell
- goeienachta farewell
- welterustena farewell
- trustena farewell
- slaapwela farewell
Esperanto bonan nokton
- bonan noktona farewell
Estonian head ööd
- head ööda farewell
Finnish hyvää yötä, öitä
- hyvää yötäa farewell
- öitäa farewell
French bonne nuit
- bonne nuita farewell
German gute Nacht
- gute Nachta farewell
Greek καληνύχτα, καλό βράδυ
- καληνύχτα (kalinýchta)a farewell
- καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády)a farewell
Hawaiian aloha pō
- aloha pōa farewell
Hebrew לַיְלָה טוֹב
- לַיְלָה טוֹב (láyla tov)a farewell
Hindi शुभ रात्रि, शब बख़ैर
- शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri)a farewell
- शब बख़ैर (śab baxair)a farewell
- गुड नाइट (guḍ nāiṭ)a farewell
Hungarian jó éjszakát, jó éjszakát kívánok
- jó éjszakáta farewell
- jó éjszakát kívánoka farewell
Icelandic góða nótt
- góða nótta farewell
Indonesian selamat malam
- selamat malama farewell
Irish oíche mhaith
- oíche mhaitha farewell
Italian buona notte, buonanotte
- buona nottea farewell
- buonanottea farewell
Japanese おやすみなさい, おやすみ
- おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai)a farewell
- おやすみ (oyasumi)a farewell
- おやすみやす (oyasumiyasu)a farewell
Korean 안녕히 주무십시오, 안녕히 주무세요
- 안녕히 주무십시오 (annyeonghi jumusipsio)a farewell
- 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)a farewell
- 잘 자요 (jal jayo)a farewell
- 잘 자 (jal ja)a farewell
Latin placidē quiēscās, bene quiēscās
- placidē quiēscāsa farewell
- bene quiēscāsa farewell
- molliter cubēsa farewell
- ōtiōsē dormiāsa farewell
- in utramvīs aurem dormiāsa farewell
- in dextram aurem dormiāsa farewell
- valea farewell
- placidam noctema farewell
- bonam noctem (calques)a farewell
Latvian arlabunakti
- arlabunaktia farewell
Lithuanian labanaktis, labos nakties
- labanaktisa farewell
- labos naktiesa farewell
- saldžių sapnųa farewell
Malay selamat malam
- selamat malama farewell
Māori pō mārie
- pō māriea farewell
Norwegian Bokmål god natt
- god natta farewell
Polish dobranoc
- dobranoca farewell
Portuguese boa noite
- boa noitea farewell
Romanian noapte bună
- noapte bunăa farewell
Russian споко́йной но́чи, до́брой но́чи
- споко́йной но́чи (spokójnoj nóči)a farewell
- до́брой но́чи (dóbroj nóči)a farewell
Scottish Gaelic oidhche mhath
- oidhche mhatha farewell
Slovak dobrú noc
- dobrú noca farewell
Spanish buenas noches
- buenas nochesa farewell
Swahili usiku mwema
- usiku mwemaa farewell
Swedish god natt, go'natt
- god natta farewell
- go'natta farewell
- nattia farewell
- natti nattia farewell
Tamil இனிய இரவு
- இனிய இரவு (iṉiya iravu)a farewell
Thai ราตรีสวัสดิ์
- ราตรีสวัสดิ์ (raa-dtrii-sà-wàt)a farewell
Turkish iyi geceler
- iyi gecelera farewell
Ukrainian на добра́ніч, добра́ніч
- на добра́ніч (na dobránič)a farewell
- добра́ніч (dobránič)a farewell
Urdu شَب بَخَیر
- شَب بَخَیر (śab baxair)a farewell
Vietnamese ngủ ngon, chúc ngủ ngon
- ngủ ngona farewell
- chúc ngủ ngona farewell
Welsh nos da
- nos daa farewell
Yiddish אַ גוטע נאַכט
- אַ גוטע נאַכט (a gute nakht)a farewell
Zulu lala kahle, ulale kahle
- lala kahlea farewell
- ulale kahlea farewell
- lalani kahlea farewell
- nilale kahlea farewell
Cite this entry
good night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20night
“good night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20night. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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