nightfall
/ˈnaɪt.fɔl/
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nightfall noun: the close of the day; the coming of night.
Noun
nightfall (countable and uncountable, plural nightfalls)
- The close of the day; the coming of night.
- at nightfall
- Nocturnal emission.
nightfall meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
nightfall in Hindi
- the close of the day; the coming of night
- साँझ sāñjh
nightfall in Urdu
- آغاز شب, دن کا اختتام, رات کی آمد, شام
nightfall in Bengali
- সন্ধ্যা, গোধূলি, রাতের শুরু
nightfall in Malayalam
- nightfall, dusk
- അന്തി anti
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- nightfall in Kannada
- ಮುನ್ನಿರುಳು, ಮುಂಗತ್ತಲೆ, ಮುಚ್ಚಂಜೆ, ಸಂಧ್ಯೆ
- nightfall in Tagalog
- takipsilim
- nightfall in Arabic
- هُبُوط hubūṭ, غَسَق ḡasaq, لَيْل layl, عِشَاء ʕišāʔ
- nightfall in Indonesian
- senjakala
- nightfall in Persian
- شبانگاه
- nightfall in Vietnamese
- chạng vạng
- Sindhi
- ِسَنجھا sanjhā
Examples of nightfall in a sentence
- The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
- We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.
- We were tucking out until nightfall.
Synonyms of nightfall
Forms of nightfall
| plural | nightfalls |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | night-fall |
Origin of nightfall
From night + fall. Cf. dewfall.
Words formed from nightfall
- night-falling
Questions about nightfall
- What does nightfall mean?
- Nightfall means the close of the day; the coming of night.
- What is nightfall in Hindi?
- Nightfall in Hindi is साँझ (sāñjh). See Nightfall meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nightfall?
- Nightfall is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nightfall?
- Nightfall is pronounced /ˈnaɪt.fɔl/.
- What is the plural of nightfall?
- The plural of nightfall is nightfalls.
Words near nightfall in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nightfall (page history and authors); nightfall (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Nightfall (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അന്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); nightfall (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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