nightscape

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/ˈnaɪtskeɪp/

noun

The nighttime landscape, or a depiction thereof.

“Artificial light has a pronounced effect on the nightscape.”

OriginEnglish landscapebf. →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounnightscape (plural nightscapes)

plural nightscapes

  1. The nighttime landscape, or a depiction thereof.

    Artificial light has a pronounced effect on the nightscape.

    1 more example

    I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.

    1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116

Origin

  1. Englishnight
  2. Englishlandscapebf.
  3. Englishnightscape

From night + -scape.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 夜景
  • 夜景 (yèjǐng)nighttime landscape
Dutch nachtlandschap
  • nachtlandschapnighttime landscape
Finnish yömaisema
  • yömaisemanighttime landscape
French paysage nocturne
  • paysage nocturnenighttime landscape
German Nachtlandschaft
  • Nachtlandschaftnighttime landscape
Japanese 夜景
  • 夜景 (yakei)nighttime landscape
Korean 야경
  • 야경 (yagyeong)nighttime landscape
Russian ночно́й пейза́ж
  • ночно́й пейза́ж (nočnój pejzáž)nighttime landscape
Cite this entry
APA

nightscape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nightscape

MLA

“nightscape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nightscape. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nightscape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nightscape.

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