nightscape

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English night

English landscapebf.

English -scape

English nightscape

From night + -scape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtskeɪp/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

nightscape (plural nightscapes)

1. The nighttime landscape, or a depiction thereof.

   Artificial light has a pronounced effect on the nightscape.

   • 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116:

     I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.

Translations

nighttime landscape

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜景 (zh) (yèjǐng)

• Dutch: nachtlandschap n
• Finnish: yömaisema
• French: paysage nocturne m
• German: Nachtlandschaft (de) f
• Japanese: 夜景 (ja) (やけい, yakei)
• Korean: 야경(夜景) (ko) (yagyeong)
• Russian: ночно́й пейза́ж m (nočnój pejzáž)