"night watch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: night watches [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake (“nightwatch”), German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”) and Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nightwacche}} Middle English nightwacche, {{m|enm|nyȝt-wacche}} nyȝt-wacche, {{m|enm|nyghte wacche}} nyghte wacche, {{m|enm|nyȝt wacche}} nyȝt wacche, {{inh|en|ang|nihtwæċċe}} Old English nihtwæċċe, {{m|ang|nihtwacu|t=nightwatch}} nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), {{af|en|night|watch}} night + watch, {{cog|fy|nachtwacht|t=nightwatch}} West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), {{cog|nl|nachtwacht}} Dutch nachtwacht, {{m|nl|nachtwake|t=nightwatch}} nachtwake (“nightwatch”), {{cog|de|Nachtwache|t=nightwatch}} German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”), {{m|de|Nachtwächter|t=night watchman}} Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), {{cog|sv|nattvakt|t=nightwatch}} Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), {{cog|is|næturvakt|t=nightwatch}} Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} night watch (plural night watches)
  1. A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night. Synonyms: night-watch, nightwatch, night watchman Translations (watch kept during the night): нощно дежурство (noštno dežurstvo) (Bulgarian), imaginària [feminine] (Catalan), noční hlídka [feminine] (Czech), yövartio (Finnish), nattvakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ноћна стража (noćna straža) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), imaginaria [feminine] (Spanish), gece nöbeti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-night_watch-en-noun-5GcwcX~2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'watch kept during the night': 87 13
  2. One or more of the guards on such a watch. Translations (guards on such a watch): нощна стража (noštna straža) (Bulgarian), imaginària [masculine] (Catalan), noční hlídka [feminine] (Czech), yövartio (Finnish), ноћни стражар (noćni stražar) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), imaginaria [masculine] (Spanish), gece bekçisi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-night_watch-en-noun-BLGTLIH1 Disambiguation of 'guards on such a watch': 36 64

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