"night person" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-night person.ogg [Australia] Forms: night people [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|night people}} night person (plural night people)
  1. (idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Synonyms: nighthawk, night owl Related terms: morning impaired Translations (night-active person): 夜貓子 (Chinese Mandarin), 夜猫子 (yè māozi) (english: night cat) (Chinese Mandarin), iltaihminen (Finnish), yöihminen (Finnish), νυχτερινός τύπος (nychterinós týpos) [masculine] (Greek), νυχτοπούλι (nychtopoúli) [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Greek), ξενύχτης (xenýchtis) [masculine] (Greek), 夜型 (yorugata) (alt: よるがた) (Japanese), sowa [feminine] (Polish), nocny marek [masculine] (Polish), сова́ (sová) (english: owl) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "night-active person",
      "word": "夜貓子"
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      "roman": "nychtopoúli",
      "sense": "night-active person",
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      "word": "νυχτοπούλι"
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      "sense": "night-active person",
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      "sense": "night-active person",
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      "sense": "night-active person",
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      "word": "nocny marek"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "owl",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "night-active person",
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