Categories: Common language, Geography, geology & meteorology
🇫🇷 (une, la) nuit [NF]
nocturne [ADJ][EPI][m][f]
(une, la) nuit blanche [NF][NP], (une, l’) insomnie [NF], passer une nuit blanche [EXPR]
Related term(s): astronomija/zvezdoslovje/zvezdoznanstvo, črn, dan, enakonočje, mesečnik/snohodec, mrak/somrak, nebo, neprespanost, nočitev, nočna mora, nočna ptica, nočni, prekrokana noč, prenočitev/prenočevanje, sanje, sonce, spati/spanje, tema, večer, zora
IPA pronunciation: [nɥi],[nɔk.tyʁn],[nɥi blɑ̃ʃ]
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les nuits, des/les nuits blanches, nocturnes [m][f]
Example(s) of use: « Pourquoi le ciel est-il noir la nuit ? », Numerama [🇫🇷] (14/12/2020)
Examples from arts & (pop)culture, etc: [Painting][Post-Impressionism] « La Nuit étoilée (De sterrennacht) », Vincent van Gogh (1989) [🇫🇷][🇳🇱]
Expressions, idioms: la nuit porte conseil [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “noč prinaša nasvet/svetuje”: stvar dvakrat, trikrat prespi, preden se odločiš; [🇬🇧] “the night brings counsel”: (it is best to) sleep on it, things will look better in the morning
Synonyms or related terms: astronomie, aube, cauchemar, ciel, circadien, crépuscule, jour, noctambule, nocturne, noir, nuitée, nyctalope, obscurité, soleil, soir, soirée, soirée arrosée, somnambule
Antonyms: (un, le) jour
Other meanings: boîte de nuit (boîte, discothèque, nightclub): [🇸🇮] diskoteka, disko, diskač, nočni klub; [🇬🇧] nightclub, club
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] night, all-nighter, sleepless night, insomnia
In other languages: [LAT] nox, nŏctem
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les nuits, des/les nuits blanches, nocturnes [m][f]
Example(s) of use: « Pourquoi le ciel est-il noir la nuit ? », Numerama [🇫🇷] (14/12/2020)
Examples from arts & (pop)culture, etc: [Painting][Post-Impressionism] « La Nuit étoilée (De sterrennacht) », Vincent van Gogh (1989) [🇫🇷][🇳🇱]
Expressions, idioms: la nuit porte conseil [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “noč prinaša nasvet/svetuje”: stvar dvakrat, trikrat prespi, preden se odločiš; [🇬🇧] “the night brings counsel”: (it is best to) sleep on it, things will look better in the morning
Synonyms or related terms: astronomie, aube, cauchemar, ciel, circadien, crépuscule, jour, noctambule, nocturne, noir, nuitée, nyctalope, obscurité, soleil, soir, soirée, soirée arrosée, somnambule
Antonyms: (un, le) jour
Other meanings: boîte de nuit (boîte, discothèque, nightclub): [🇸🇮] diskoteka, disko, diskač, nočni klub; [🇬🇧] nightclub, club
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] night, all-nighter, sleepless night, insomnia
In other languages: [LAT] nox, nŏctem