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nocturnal (comparative more nocturnal, superlative most nocturnal)
- (of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night.
- (of an occurrence) Taking place at night.
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primarily active during the night
- Chinese: 夜的 (yè-de)
- Czech: noční cs(cs)
- Dutch: nachtelijk, nacht-
- Finnish: yö- (former part of compound), yöllinen, öinen, nokturnaalinen (scientific)
- French: nocturne fr(fr)
- German: nächtlich, nachtaktiv
- Greek: νυκτ- (or νυχτ-), <θ> replaces <τ> when the 2nd synthetic part of the compound word begins with an asper-accented vowel, νυκτο- (or νυχτο-), νυκτό- (or νυχτό-) ("nocturnal" prefixes); νυκτερινός (or νυχτερινός) [niˌkte̞riˈno̞s] m., νυκτιάτικος (or νυχτιάτικος) [niˈktçatiˌko̞s] m., νυκτόβιος (or νυχτόβιος) [niˈkto̞viˌo̞s] (that lives during the night) m., ξενύκτης (or ξενύχτης) [k͡se̞ˈniktis] [someone (mainly a man) who spends the nights drinking with women] m.
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