noite

Galician

Alternative forms

• note, noute, nuite

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Portuguese noite and Spanish noche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoi̯t̪ɪ]

Noun

noite f (plural noites)

1. night; period of dark, when the sun is below the horizon

   Antonym: día

Derived terms

• á noite
• boas noites
• esta noite
• medianoite
• noite e día
• noite pecha
• noitiña
• onte á noite

Related terms

• onte

References

• “noyte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “noyte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “noite” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “noite” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “noite” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• noute

Etymology

Inherited from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Old Spanish noche and Mozarabic نخت (nuxti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.te/

Noun

noite f

1. night
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 84 (facsimile):

     u ides aſſi marido de noite come ladron.

     Where do you go like that at night like a thief, husband?

Antonyms

• dia

Descendants

• Fala: noiti
• Galician: noite, note, noute, nuite
• Portuguese: noite, noute (see there for further descendants)
• → Mirandese: nuite

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "noite ~ noute"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• noute (dated)
• noyte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare Galician noite, Spanish noche.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.t͡ʃi/ [ˈnoɪ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.t͡ʃi/ [ˈnoɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.te/ [ˈnoɪ̯.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.ti/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnojt͡ʃ/
• Hyphenation: noi‧te

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Noun

noite f (plural noites)

2. night (period between sunset and sunrise)
   • 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:

     É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.

     It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

3. nightlife

   Então, vais para a noite? ― Are you going out to the nightlife?

   Synonym: night

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:noite.

Antonyms

• dia

Derived terms

• da noite para o dia
• noitada
• noite e dia
• noite morta
• noitinha (diminutive)
• trocar a noite pelo dia

Related terms

• anoitar
• anoitecer
• nict-
• nicti-
• nicto-
• noct-
• nocti-
• noitada
• noitão
• noitinha
• noturno

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: noti
• Kabuverdianu: noiti