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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English tonyght, to niȝt, from Old English tō niht.
Pronunciation
Adverb
tonight (not comparable)
- During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
I want to party tonight!
I had a wonderful time with you tonight.
- (obsolete) Last night.
1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, act 4, scene 2, page 165:Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury,
With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire,
And others more, going to seek the grave
Of Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night
On your suggestion.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar,
And things unluckily charge my fantasy;
Derived terms
Translations
during today's evening
- Afrikaans: vanaand
- Arabic: هٰذَا الْمَسَاء (hāḏā l-masāʔ), اللَّيْلَ (al-layla)
- Armenian: այս երեկո (ays ereko), այսօր երեկոյան (aysōr erekoyan)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܿܘ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (awa rāmša)
- Belarusian: сё́ння ве́чарам (sjónnja vjéčaram)
- Bikol Central: ngunyan na banggi
- Bulgarian: довечера (bg) (dovečera)
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cebuano: karong gabii
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
- Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 今晚 (gam1 maan5)
- Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes večer
- Danish: i aften, iaften (former spelling)
- Dutch: vanavond (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉi-vespere
- Estonian: täna õhtul (et)
- Finnish: tänä iltana
- French: ce soir, au soir (fr) (Belgium), à soir (fr) (Quebec)
- Gallo: é sai
- Georgian: ამ საღამოს (am saɣamos)
- German: heute Abend
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Hebrew: הערב m (haerev)
- Hindi: आज शाम (āj śām)
- Hungarian: ma este
- Icelandic: í kvöld, í nótt
- Ido: cavespere
- Irish: anocht
- Italian: stasera (it)
- Japanese: 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, konban), 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今宵 (ja) (こよい, koyoi)
- Khmer: នៅល្ងាចនេះ (nɨv lŋiec nih)
- Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī)
- Latvian: šovakar
- Lithuanian: šįvakar
- Macedonian: вечерва (večerva), довечер (dovečer)
- Manx: noght
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өнөө орой (önöö oroj)
- Norman: à ce sei, à ces sé
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: i kveld, i aften
- Nynorsk: i kveld
- Plautdietsch: venowent
- Polish: dziś wieczorem, tego wieczoru
- Portuguese: hoje à tardinha, hoje à noitinha
- Romanian: diseară (ro), deseară (ro), astă-seară
- Russian: сего́дня ве́чером (sevódnja véčerom)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вечѐрас
- Roman: večèras (sh)
- Slovak: dnes večer
- Slovene: danes zvečer
- Spanish: esta noche, esta tarde
- Swedish: i kväll (sv)
- Tagalog: ngayong gabi
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: сього́дні уве́чері (sʹohódni uvéčeri), сього́дні вве́чері (sʹohódni vvéčeri), сього́вечір (sʹohóvečir), цього́вечір (cʹohóvečir)
- Urdu: آج شام (āj śām)
- Vietnamese: tối nay
- Volapük: asoaro (vo)
- Waray-Waray: yana nga gab-i
- Welsh: heno
- Yiddish: הײַנט בײַ נאַכט (haynt bay nakht)
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during today's nighttime
- Afrikaans: vannag
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Vidari: ام شو (am šev)
- Arabic: اَللَّيْلَةَ (al-laylata), هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ (hāḏihi l-laylata)
- Hijazi Arabic: الليلة (al-lēla)
- Armenian: այս գիշեր (ays gišer)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (idlayle)
- Bakhtiari: امشو (amšaw)
- Belarusian: сё́ння но́ччу (sjónnja nóčču)
- Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
- Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
- Burmese: ဒီည (di-nya.)
- Catalan: anit (ca), aquesta nit
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
- Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
- Chuvash: кӗҫӗр (kĕś̬ĕr)
- Czech: dnes v noci
- Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
- Dutch: vannacht (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉi-nokte
- Estonian: täna öösel (et)
- Faroese: í kvøld, í nátt
- Finnish: tänä iltana, yönä
- French: cette nuit
- Galician: esta noite
- Georgian: ამაღამ (amaɣam)
- German: heute Nacht
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: הלילה (ha-layla)
- Hindi: आज रात को (āj rāt ko)
- Hungarian: ma éjjel, ma éjszaka
- Ido: canokte (io)
- Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
- Irish: anocht
- Italian: stanotte
- Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
- Khmer: យប់នេះ (yup nih)
- Korean: 오늘 저녁 (oneul jeonyeok), 오늘 밤 (oneul bam)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew)
- Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī)
- Latvian: šonakt
- Lithuanian: šiąnakt (lt)
- Macedonian: ноќва (noḱva)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өнөө шөнө (önöö šönö)
- Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo
- Norman: ch'tigniet
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: i natt
- Nynorsk: i natt
- Persian:
- Dari: اِمْشَب (fa) (imšab), اِمْشَو (imšaw) (colloquial)
- Iranian Persian: اِمْشب (fa) (emšab)
- Plautdietsch: venowent
- Polish: dziś w nocy, tej nocy
- Portuguese: hoje à noite, esta/essa noite
- Romanian: la noapte
- Russian: сего́дня но́чью (sevódnja nóčʹju), се́ночь (sénočʹ) (dialectal)
- Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: но̀ћас
- Roman: nòćas
- Slovak: dnes v noci
- Slovene: nocój (sl)
- Spanish: esta noche
- Swedish: i natt (sv)
- Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: сього́дні вночі́ (sʹohódni vnočí), сього́дні ні́ччю (sʹohódni níččju), cьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč), цьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč)
- Urdu: آج رات کو (āj rāt ko)
- Vietnamese: đêm nay
- Volapük: aneito (vo)
- Welsh: heno
- West Frisian: jûn
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Noun
tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)
- The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
Tonight is the night.
I have high hopes for tonight.
Translations
nighttime today
- Albanian: sonte (sq)
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: اَللَّيْلَة (al-layla)
- Armenian: այսօրվա երեկոն (aysōrva erekon), այս գիշերը (ays gišerə)
- Azerbaijani: bu gecə
- Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
- Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
- Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes večer
- Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
- Dutch: vanavond (nl), vannacht (nl)
- Esperanto: hodiaŭ nokte
- Estonian: tänane õhtu
- Faroese: í kvøld
- Finnish: tänä iltana
- French: ce soir m, au soir (Belgium), à soir (Quebec), cette nuit f
- German: heute Abend m, heute Nacht f
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: הלילה (haláyla), הערב (haérev)
- Hindi: आज रात f (āj rāt)
- Hungarian: (before approx. 9 PM) a mai este, (after approx. 9 PM) a mai éjszaka
- Icelandic: í kvöld
- Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
- Italian: stasera (it), stanotte
- Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
- Korean: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (oneulbam)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو (em şew)
- Latin: hac nocte
- Latvian: šis vakars m, šī nakts f
- Lithuanian: šis vakaras m (evening), ši naktis f (night)
- Macedonian: вечерва (večerva)
- Maltese: illejla
- Norwegian: i (no) kveld (no) (early night, late evening), i (no) natt (no) (night)
- Occitan: anuèit (oc) anuèch (oc)
- Polish: tej nocy, dziś w nocy,
- Portuguese: esta noite
- Romanian: noaptea asta, noaptea aceasta
- Romansch: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: сегодняшний вечер m (sevodnjašnij večer), наступающая ночь f (nastupajuščaja nočʹ)
- Scots: the nicht
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ноћас
- Roman: noćas
- Slovak: dnešný večer m
- Spanish: esta noche
- Swahili: usiku wa leo, leo usiku
- Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
- Urdu: آج رات f (āj rāt)
- Vietnamese: tối nay, đêm nay
- Volapük: aneit
- Welsh: heno
- West Frisian: jûn
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Anagrams
Middle English
Adverb
tonight
- Alternative form of tonyght
Noun
tonight
- Alternative form of tonyght