"nightlife" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nightlife.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nightlives [plural], nightlifes [plural]
Etymology: From night + life. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|night|life}} night + life Head templates: {{en-noun|~|nightlives|s}} nightlife (countable and uncountable, plural nightlives or nightlifes)
  1. Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Selection of nocturnal activities): 夜生活 (yèshēnghuó) (Chinese Mandarin), nachtleven [neuter] (Dutch), uitgaansleven [neuter] (Dutch), nokta vivo (Esperanto), yöelämä (Finnish), vie nocturne [feminine] (French), ღამის ცხოვრება (ɣamis cxovreba) (Georgian), Nachtleben [neuter] (German), νυχτερινή ζωή (nychteriní zoḯ) [feminine] (Greek), vita notturna [feminine] (Italian), 夜遊び (yoasobi) (alt: よあそび) (Japanese), ナイトライフ (naitoraifu) (Japanese), ноќен живот (noḱen život) [masculine] (Macedonian), nocne życie [neuter] (Polish), vida noturna [feminine] (Portuguese), noite [feminine] (Portuguese), night [feminine] (Portuguese), ночна́я жизнь (nočnája žiznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vida nocturna [feminine] (Spanish), maisha ya usiku (Swahili), nattliv [neuter] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
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      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
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      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
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      "word": "Nachtleben"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nychteriní zoḯ",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "νυχτερινή ζωή"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
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      "alt": "よあそび",
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      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "word": "夜遊び"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "naitoraifu",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "word": "ナイトライフ"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "noḱen život",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ноќен живот"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
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      "word": "nocne życie"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vida noturna"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "noite"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "night"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočnája žiznʹ",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vida nocturna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
      "word": "maisha ya usiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Selection of nocturnal activities",
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      "word": "nattliv"
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