good night
/ɡʊd ˈnaɪt/
good night phrase: a farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
Phrase
good night
- A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
- Synonyms:
- night, night night
- Expressing incredulity.
- […] peculiarities of your law always interest me. What is 'legitim'?"
"Oh! Good-night!" I said derisively.
"But I am in dead earnest, and really want to know," he added with a perfectly serious face; "I have a small bet on."1920, William Darling Lyell, The House in Queen Anne Square: A Tale, page 34 - Together they pried into the sodden mass, yanking out what was left of the record books.
"Oh, good night!" Joe moaned in dismay. "The fire extinguisher liquid has messed up what the fire didn't."1954, Franklin W. Dixon, The Yellow Feather Mystery
- […] peculiarities of your law always interest me. What is 'legitim'?"
good night meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
good night in Hindi
- a farewell
- शुभ रात्रि śubh rātri, शब बख़ैर śab baxair, गुड नाइट guḍ nāiṭ
good night in Tamil
- a farewell
- இனிய இரவு iṉiya iravu
good night in Urdu
- a farewell
- شَب بَخَیر śab baxair
good night in Bengali
- a farewell
- শুভ রাত্রি śubho ratri
More languagesFewer languages
- good night in Telugu
- శుభరాత్రి śubharātri
- good night in Malayalam
- ശുഭ രാത്രി śubha rātri
- good night in Kannada
- ನಲ್ಲಿರುಳು, ನಲ್ಮಬ್ಬು, ಚನ್ನಿರುಳು, ಚಮ್ಮಬ್ಬು
- good night in Gujarati
- શુભ રાત્રી śubh rātrī
- good night in Odia
- ଶୁଭ ରାତ୍ରି śubha rātri
- good night in Pashto
- شپه دې نېکمرغه šəpa dē nēkəmərga
- good night in Arabic
- تُصْبِح عَلَى خَيْر tuṣbiḥ ʕalā ḵayr, لَيْلَة سَعِيدَة layla saʕīda
- good night in Malay
- selamat malam
- good night in Indonesian
- selamat malam
- good night in Thai
- ราตรีสวัสดิ์ raa-dtrii-sà-wàt
- good night in Vietnamese
- ngủ ngon, chúc ngủ ngon
Synonyms of good night
Forms of good night
| alternative form | goodnight |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | good-night |
| alternative form (colloquial) | g'night |
Origin of good night
Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."
Words formed from good night
Questions about good night
- What does good night mean?
- Good night means a farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
- What is good night in Hindi?
- Good night in Hindi is शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri), शब बख़ैर (śab baxair), गुड नाइट (guḍ nāiṭ). See Good night meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is good night?
- Good night is a phrase.
- How do you pronounce good night?
- Good night is pronounced /ɡʊd ˈnaɪt/.
Words near good night in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: good night (page history and authors); good night (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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