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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/, [ˈnaɪʔtaɪm]
Etymology: From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nyght tyme}} Middle English nyght tyme, {{compound|en|night|time}} night + time, {{cog|nl|nachttijd}} Dutch nachttijd, {{cog|de|Nachtzeit}} German Nachtzeit, {{cog|da|nattetid}} Danish nattetid, {{cog|sv|nattetid}} Swedish nattetid, {{cog|enm|nyȝter tyme|t=nighttime}} Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), {{cog|non|náttartími}} Old Norse náttartími Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nighttime (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (pertaining to nighttime): night Translations (pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night): νυκτερινός (nukterinós) (Ancient Greek), noční (Czech), nokta (Esperanto), éjszakai (Hungarian), éjjeli (Hungarian), ночно́й (nočnój) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nighttime-en-adj-yEvLOJAO Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to nighttime': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night': 93 7
  2. Happening during the night. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms (happening during the night): night, nocturnal Translations (happening during the night): νυκτερινός (nukterinós) (Ancient Greek), noční (Czech), éjszakai (Hungarian), éjjeli (Hungarian), ночно́й (nočnój) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nighttime-en-adj-eksBDjSC Disambiguation of Time: 0 47 53 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of 'happening during the night': 8 92 Disambiguation of 'happening during the night': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: night time, night-time

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/, [ˈnaɪʔtaɪm] Forms: nighttimes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nyght tyme}} Middle English nyght tyme, {{compound|en|night|time}} night + time, {{cog|nl|nachttijd}} Dutch nachttijd, {{cog|de|Nachtzeit}} German Nachtzeit, {{cog|da|nattetid}} Danish nattetid, {{cog|sv|nattetid}} Swedish nattetid, {{cog|enm|nyȝter tyme|t=nighttime}} Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), {{cog|non|náttartími}} Old Norse náttartími Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)
  1. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Night, Time, Times of day Synonyms: nightertale, nighttide, night, nighttime, scotoperiod [biology, natural-sciences], skotoperiod [biology, natural-sciences] Hyponyms: early morning, evening, midnight Holonyms: day Meronyms: compline [historical] [Christianity], vigil [historical] [Christianity], matins [historical] [Christianity] Derived forms: nighttime diaper, nighttime nappy, night-times Related terms: twilight Translations (hours of darkness): νύξ (núx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), لَيْلُ (laylu) [masculine] (Arabic), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (layle) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), 夜裡 (Chinese Mandarin), 夜里 (yèli) (Chinese Mandarin), 夜間 (Chinese Mandarin), 夜间 (yèjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), noc [feminine] (Czech), noční doba [feminine] (Czech), (Finnish), yöaika (Finnish), nuit [feminine] (French), Nacht [feminine] (German), nocte (Interlingua), 夜間 (yakan) (alt: やかん) (Japanese), 夜分 (yabun) (alt: やぶん) (Japanese), kagagawi'i (Maranao), natt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), شبهنگام (šab-hengâm) (Persian), noc [feminine] (Polish), noite [feminine] (Portuguese), ночь (nočʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ночно́е вре́мя (nočnóje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), natt [common-gender] (Swedish), nattetid [common-gender] (Swedish), gece (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nighttime-en-noun-VyLMwbAZ Disambiguation of Night: 12 34 54 Disambiguation of Time: 0 47 53 Disambiguation of Times of day: 7 16 77 Categories (other): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maranao translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 19 62 Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 16 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 9 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 19 31 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 15 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations: 10 14 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 24 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 11 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 16 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 15 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 25 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 19 10 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 11 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Maranao translations: 19 11 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 19 16 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 17 27 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 18 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 11 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 15 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 18 15 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: night time, night-time

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1986, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant:",
          "text": "Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time",
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          "ref": "1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 50, number 7, page 52:",
          "text": "Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.",
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          "word": "compline"
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          "word": "夜裡"
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          "sense": "hours of darkness",
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “pertaining to nighttime”",
      "word": "day"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “pertaining to nighttime”",
      "word": "daytime"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “happening during the night”",
      "word": "daytime"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “happening during the night”",
      "word": "diurnal"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "night",
        "3": "time"
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        "2": "nachttijd"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Nachtzeit"
      },
      "expansion": "German Nachtzeit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "náttartími"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”).",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night."
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "night"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
          "word": "noční"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
          "word": "nokta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "roman": "nukterinós",
          "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
          "word": "νυκτερινός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
          "word": "éjszakai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
          "word": "éjjeli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nočnój",
          "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
          "word": "ночно́й"
        }
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          "name": "Time",
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        }
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        "Happening during the night."
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "sense": "happening during the night",
          "word": "nocturnal"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "happening during the night",
          "word": "noční"
        },
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          "word": "νυκτερινός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "happening during the night",
          "word": "éjszakai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "happening during the night",
          "word": "éjjeli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nočnój",
          "sense": "happening during the night",
          "word": "ночно́й"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnaɪʔtaɪm]"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "night time"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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}
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      "word": "day"
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    {
      "word": "daytime"
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    "Terms with Interlingua translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maranao translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "en:Time",
    "en:Times of day"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nighttime diaper"
    },
    {
      "word": "nighttime nappy"
    },
    {
      "word": "night-times"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "Nachtzeit"
      },
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        "1": "da",
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      },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "word": "day"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "word": "early morning"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "word": "evening"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "word": "midnight"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "word": "compline"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
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      "word": "vigil"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
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      "word": "matins"
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  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "word": "twilight"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant:",
          "text": "Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 50, number 7, page 52:",
          "text": "Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night."
      ],
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        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
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          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "sunset",
          "sunset"
        ],
        [
          "sunrise",
          "sunrise"
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      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnaɪʔtaɪm]"
    }
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    {
      "word": "nightertale"
    },
    {
      "word": "nighttide"
    },
    {
      "word": "night time"
    },
    {
      "word": "night-time"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "word": "night"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "word": "nighttime"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
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      "word": "scotoperiod"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:nighttime",
      "topics": [
        "biology",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "laylu",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لَيْلُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "layle",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܠܲܝܠܹܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "夜裡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yèli",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "夜里"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "夜間"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yèjiān",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "夜间"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "noc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noční doba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "yö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "yöaika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "núx",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νύξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "nocte"
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      "alt": "やかん",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "yakan",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "夜間"
    },
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      "alt": "やぶん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yabun",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "夜分"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrw",
      "lang": "Maranao",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "kagagawi'i"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "natt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šab-hengâm",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "شبهنگام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočʹ",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ночь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočnóje vrémja",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ночно́е вре́мя"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "natt"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
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      "word": "nattetid"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hours of darkness",
      "word": "gece"
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}

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  "antonyms": [
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “pertaining to nighttime”",
      "word": "day"
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “pertaining to nighttime”",
      "word": "daytime"
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “happening during the night”",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "nighttime (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Happening during the night."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnaɪʔtaɪm]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "pertaining to nighttime",
      "word": "night"
    },
    {
      "sense": "happening during the night",
      "word": "night"
    },
    {
      "sense": "happening during the night",
      "word": "nocturnal"
    },
    {
      "word": "night time"
    },
    {
      "word": "night-time"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
      "word": "noční"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
      "word": "nokta"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nukterinós",
      "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
      "word": "νυκτερινός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
      "word": "éjszakai"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
      "word": "éjjeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočnój",
      "sense": "pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night",
      "word": "ночно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "happening during the night",
      "word": "noční"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nukterinós",
      "sense": "happening during the night",
      "word": "νυκτερινός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "happening during the night",
      "word": "éjszakai"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "happening during the night",
      "word": "éjjeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočnój",
      "sense": "happening during the night",
      "word": "ночно́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nighttime"
}

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