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Plural of nox

irregular plural

The plural of nox is noctes.

Forms of nox

Singularnox /ɛn əʊ ˈɛks/
Pluralnoctes
Countablecountable

Less standard forms: noxes (proscribed), noces (proscribed).

Meaning of nox

  1. noun The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.
  2. noun Millilux (unit of illuminance).

Full definition of nox

Other irregular plurals

Questions about the plural of nox

What is the plural of nox?
The plural of nox is noctes.
Is nox countable?
Nox is a countable noun.
Is noxes correct?
noxes is marked proscribed in Wiktionary. The usual plural of nox is noctes.
Is noces correct?
noces is marked proscribed in Wiktionary. The usual plural of nox is noctes.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nox (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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