tonight

English

Alternative forms

• to-night (obsolete)
• tonite (American, informal)

Etymology

From Old English tōniht.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

tonight (plural tonights)

1. 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 Arabic: الليلة (al-layla) Breton: fenoz, henozh Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer) Catalan: anit Chinese: 今晚 (jīnwǎn) Croatian: noćas (hr) Danish: i aften (da) (early night), i nat (da) (late night) Dutch: deze avond m., deze nacht m. Estonian: tänane õhtu 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) Hindi: आज रात (hi) f. (āj rāt) Hungarian: ma este, ma éjjel Icelandic: í kvöld (is) Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte Irish: anocht (ga)

Italian: stasera (it), stanotte (it) Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban) Korean: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (oneulbam) Kurdish: Sorani: ئه‌م شه‌و (ku) (am shaw) Latin: hodie nox Maltese: illejla Norwegian: i (no) kveld (no) (early night, late evening), i (no) natt (no) (night) Occitan: anuèit (oc) anuèch (oc) Portuguese: esta noite Romanian: astă noapte (ro) f. Russian: сегодняшний вечер m., наступающая ночь f. Scots: the nicht Serbian: ноћас (sr) (noćas) Spanish: esta noche Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (te) (ee raatri) Urdu: آج رات (ur) f. (āj rāt) Volapük: aneit West Frisian: jûn (fy)

Adverb

tonight (not comparable)

1. During the current day's nighttime.

   I want to party tonight!

   I had a wonderful time with you tonight.

   Tonight is a great night for Sangria'!

Translations

during today's evening

Afrikaans: vanaand (af) Arabic: هذا المساء (ar) (haadhaa 'l-samaa') Chinese: Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn) Dutch: vanavond (nl) Esperanto: ĉi-vespere (eo) French: ce soir, au soir (Belgium), à soir (Quebec) German: heute Abend (de)

Hindi: आज शाम (hi) (āj śām) Italian: stasera (it) Japanese: 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban) Polish: dziś wieczorem Russian: сегодня вечером (ru) (sevódnja véčerom) Spanish: esta noche, de noche Urdu: آج شام (ur) (āj śām) Volapük: asoaro (vo)

during today's nighttime

Afrikaans: vannag (af) Arabic: الليلة (ar) (al-láyla), هذه الليلة (ar) (haadhihi 'l-láyla) Breton: fenoz, henozh Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer) Chinese: Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn) Danish: i aften (da) (early night), i nat (da) (late night) Dutch: vannacht (nl) Esperanto: ĉi-nokte (eo) Estonian: täna õhtul Finnish: tänä iltana, yönä French: cette nuit (fr) German: heute Nacht (de) Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse) Hebrew: הלילה (he) (ha-layla) Hindi: आज रात को (hi) (āj rāt ko) Hungarian: ma este, ma éjjel Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte

Irish: anocht (ga) Italian: stanotte (it) Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban) Korean: 오늘저녁 (ko) (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (ko) (oneulbam) Kurdish: Sorani: ئه‌م شه‌و (ku) (am shaw) Norwegian: i kveld (no) Portuguese: hoje à noite, esta noite Romanian: deseară (ro) Russian: сегодня ночью (ru) (sevódnja nóč'ju) Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd (gd) Slovene: nocoj (sl) Spanish: esta noche, de noche Swedish: i kväll (sv) Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (te) (ee raatri) Urdu: آج رات کو (ur) (āj rāt ko) Volapük: aneito West Frisian: jûn  (fy)

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