nocturne

English

Etymology

French nocturne (“nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus

Noun

nocturne (plural nocturnes)

Nocturne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

1. A work of art relating or dedicated to the night.
2. A dreamlike or pensive composition (usually for the piano).
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 8, The Younger Set^[1]:

     “ My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “ incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : “ I prefer a farandole to a nocturne ; I'd rather have a painting than an etching ; … ”

Related terms

• nocturnal

Translations

a dreamlike or pensive composition

• Japanese: 夜想曲 (ja) (やそうきょく, yasōkyoku), ノクターン (ja) (nokutān)
• Korean: 녹턴 (ko) (nokteon), 야상곡 (ko) (yasanggok)
• Maori: whakatangipō (mi)

• Russian: ноктюрн (ru) (noktjúrn) m
• Turkish: noktürn (tr)

See also

• aubade

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French

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Etymology

Latin nocturnus

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔk.tyʁn/

Adjective

nocturne (masculine and feminine, plural nocturnes)

1. nocturnal
   • 1857, Chalres Baudelaire, Je t'adore from Les Fleurs du mal

     Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturne,

     Ô vase de tristesse, ô grande taciturne,

     Et t'aime d'autant plus, belle, que tu me fuis,

     Et que tu me parais, ornement de mes nuits,

Noun

nocturne m (plural nocturnes)

1. (music) nocturne

Anagrams

• reconnut, reconnût

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Interlingua

Adjective

nocturne (comparative plus nocturne, superlative le plus nocturne)

1. nocturnal

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Latin

Adjective

nocturne

1. vocative masculine singular of nocturnus