English
Etymology
From Middle English tonyght , to niȝt , from Old English tō niht .
Pronunciation
Adverb
tonight (not comparable )
During the night following the current day .
I want to party tonight !
I had a wonderful time with you tonight .
( obsolete ) Last night .
1596 , William Shakespeare , The Life and Death of King John , IV. ii. 165:
Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury, / With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire, / And others more, going to seek the grave / Of Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night / On your suggestion.
1599 , William Shakespeare , Julius Caesar , III. iii. 1:
I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar, / And things unluckily charge my fantasy;
Translations
during today's evening
Afrikaans: vanaand
Arabic: هٰذَا الْمَسَاء ( hāḏā l-masāʔ ) , اللَّيْلَ ( al-layla )
Armenian: այս երեկո ( ays ereko ) , այսօր երեկոյան ( aysōr erekoyan )
Belarusian: сё́ння ве́чарам ( sjónnja vjéčaram )
Bikol Central: ngunyang banggi
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cebuano: karong gabii
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ ( gohi usv )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 今晚 ( gam1 maan5 )
Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) ( jīnwǎn )
Czech: dnes večer
Danish: i aften , iaften ( former spelling )
Dutch: vanavond (nl)
Esperanto: ĉi-vespere
Finnish: tänä iltana
French: ce soir , au soir (fr) ( Belgium ) , à soir (fr) ( Quebec )
Gallo: é sai
Georgian: ამ საღამოს ( am saɣamos )
German: heute Abend
Greek: απόψε (el) ( apópse )
Hebrew: הערב m ( haerev )
Hindi: आज शाम ( āj śām )
Hungarian: ma este
Icelandic: í kvöld , í nótt
Ido: cavespere
Irish: anocht
Italian: stasera (it)
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Japanese: 今晩 (ja) ( こんばん, konban ) , 今夜 (ja) ( こんや, kon'ya )
Khmer: នៅល្ងាចនេះ ( nɨv lŋiec nih )
Lao: ຄືນນີ້ ( khư̄n nī )
Latvian: šovakar
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: вечерва ( večerva ) , довечер ( dovečer )
Norman: à ce sei , à ces sé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i kveld
Nynorsk: i kveld
Polish: dziś wieczorem , tego wieczoru
Portuguese: hoje à tardinha , hoje à noitinha
Romanian: diseară (ro)
Russian: сего́дня ве́чером ( sevódnja véčerom )
Serbo-Croatian: večeras (sh)
Slovak: dnes večer
Slovene: danes zvečer
Spanish: esta noche , esta tarde
Swedish: i kväll (sv)
Tagalog: ngayong gabi
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: сього́дні уве́чері ( sʹohódni uvéčeri ) , сього́дні вве́чері ( sʹohódni vvéčeri )
Urdu: آج شام ( āj śām )
Vietnamese: vào tối nay
Volapük: asoaro (vo)
Waray-Waray: yana nga gab-i
Welsh: heno
during today's nighttime
Afrikaans: vannag
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: ام شو ( am šev )
Arabic: اَللَّيْلَةَ ( al-laylata ) , هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ ( hāḏihi l-laylata )
Hijazi Arabic: الليلة ( al-lēla )
Armenian: այս գիշեր ( ays gišer )
Bakhtiari: امشو ( amšaw )
Belarusian: сё́ння но́ччу ( sjónnja nóčču )
Breton: fenoz (br) , henozh (br)
Bulgarian: тази вечер ( tazi večer )
Burmese: ဒီည ( di-nya. )
Catalan: anit (ca) , aquesta nit
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ ( gohi usv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) ( jīnwǎn )
Chuvash: кӗҫӗр ( kĕś̬ĕr )
Czech: dnes v noci
Danish: i aften ( early night ) , i nat ( late night )
Dutch: vannacht (nl)
Esperanto: ĉi-nokte
Estonian: täna õhtul (et)
Faroese: í kvøld , í nátt
Finnish: tänä iltana , yönä
French: cette nuit
Galician: esta noite
Georgian: ამაღამ ( amaɣam )
German: heute Nacht
Greek: απόψε (el) ( apópse )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: הלילה ( ha-layla )
Hindi: आज रात को ( āj rāt ko )
Hungarian: ma éjjel , ma éjszaka
Ido: canokte (io)
Interlingua: iste vespere , iste nocte
Irish: anocht
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Italian: stanotte
Japanese: 今夜 (ja) ( こんや, kon'ya ) , 今晩 (ja) ( こんばん, komban )
Khmer: យប់នេះ ( yup nih )
Korean: 오늘 저녁 ( oneul jeonyeok ) , 오늘 밤 ( oneul bam )
Kurdish:
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Lao: ຄືນນີ້ ( khư̄n nī )
Latvian: šonakt
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: ноќва ( noḱva )
Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo
Norman: ch'tigniet
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i natt
Nynorsk: i natt
Polish: dziś w nocy , tej nocy
Portuguese: hoje à noite , esta /essa noite
Romanian: deseară (ro)
Russian: сего́дня но́чью ( sevódnja nóčʹju )
Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ноћас
Roman: noćas (sh)
Slovak: dnes v noci
Slovene: nocój (sl)
Spanish: esta noche
Swedish: i natt (sv)
Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి ( ī rātri )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: сього́дні вночі́ ( sʹohódni vnočí ) , сього́дні ні́ччю ( sʹohódni níččju )
Urdu: آج رات کو ( āj rāt ko )
Vietnamese: vào đêm nay
Volapük: aneito (vo)
Welsh: heno
West Frisian: jûn
Noun
tonight (usually uncountable , plural tonights )
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 (sq)
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: اَللَّيْلَة ( al-layla )
Armenian: այսօրվա երեկոն ( aysōrva erekon ) , այս գիշերը ( ays gišerə )
Azerbaijani: bu gecə
Breton: fenoz (br) , henozh (br)
Bulgarian: тази вечер ( tazi večer )
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ ( gohi usv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) ( jīnwǎn )
Czech: dnes večer
Danish: i aften ( early night ) , i nat ( late night )
Dutch: deze avond m , deze nacht m
Esperanto: hodiaŭ nokte
Estonian: tänane õhtu
Faroese: í kvøld
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 )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: הלילה ( haláyla ) , הערב ( haérev )
Hindi: आज रात f ( āj rāt )
Hungarian: ma este , ma éjjel , ma éjszaka
Icelandic: í kvöld
Interlingua: iste vespere , iste nocte
Italian: stasera (it) , stanotte
Japanese: 今夜 (ja) ( こんや, kon'ya ) , 今晩 (ja) ( こんばん, komban )
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Korean: 오늘저녁 ( oneuljeonyeok ) , 오늘밤 ( oneulbam )
Kurdish:
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Latin: hac nocte
Latvian: šis vakars m , šī nakts f
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: вечерва ( večerva )
Maltese: illejla
Norwegian: i (no) kveld (no) ( early night, late evening ) , i (no) natt (no) ( night )
Occitan: anuèit (oc) anuèch (oc)
Polish: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: esta noite
Romanian: astă noapte f
Romansch: please add this translation if you can
Russian: сегодняшний вечер m ( sevodnjašnij večer ) , наступающая ночь f ( nastupajuščaja nočʹ )
Scots: the nicht
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ноћас
Roman: noćas (sh)
Slovak: dnešný večer m
Spanish: esta noche
Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి ( ī rātri )
Urdu: آج رات f ( āj rāt )
Vietnamese: tối nay , đêm nay
Volapük: aneit
Welsh: heno
West Frisian: jûn
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
Anagrams
Middle English
Adverb
tonight
Alternative form of tonyght
Noun
tonight (uncountable )
Alternative form of tonyght
References