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nighttime

/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/

nighttime noun: the hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

Noun

nighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)

  1. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
    • Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time1986, R.E.M., “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant
    • 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.1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 50, number 7, page 52

Adjective

nighttime (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
    Synonyms:
    night
  2. Happening during the night.
    • Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.2008 January 11, “What to put between you and burglars”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    night, nocturnal

nighttime meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian

nighttime in Bengali

রাত্রিকাল, রাতের বেলা

nighttime in Malayalam

രാത്രികാലങ്ങൾ

nighttime in Arabic

hours of darkness
لَيْلُ laylu

nighttime in Persian

hours of darkness
شبهنگام šab-hengâm

Examples of nighttime in a sentence

  • Nighttime nappies: These two-part reusable nappies are designed for overnight use.
  • No parent should insist a child stops wearing a nighttime nappy at a moment decided by them.
  • Disposables can save parents repeated nighttime rousings or frequent sheet changes.

All 19 example sentences with nighttime

Synonyms of nighttime

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of nighttime

Forms of nighttime

pluralnighttimes
alternative formnight time
alternative formnight-time

Origin of nighttime

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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Phrases with nighttime

Questions about nighttime

What does nighttime mean?
Nighttime means the hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
What is nighttime in Bengali?
Nighttime in Bengali is রাত্রিকাল, রাতের বেলা. See Nighttime meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is nighttime?
Nighttime can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce nighttime?
Nighttime is pronounced /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/.
What is the plural of nighttime?
The plural of nighttime is nighttimes.

Words near nighttime in the dictionary

  1. nightstools
  2. nightsuit
  3. nightsuits
  4. nightswimming
  5. nighttide
  6. nighttime
  7. nighttime diaper
  8. nighttime diapers
  9. nighttime nappies
  10. nighttime nappy
  11. nighttimes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nighttime (page history and authors); Nighttime (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nighttime (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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