tonite

English

Etymology 1

From tonight.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tə-ˈnīt, IPA^(key): /təˈnaɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

tonite (uncountable)

1. (US, informal, entertainment industry) Alternative spelling of tonight

Usage notes

Tonite is often used in advertising in the entertainment industry in the United States, for example on signs outside theaters displaying the evening's performances. Tonight is almost always used in most other contexts such as academia, politics, news media, etc.

Related terms

• nite

Etymology 2

Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tonare (“to thunder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊnaɪt/

Noun

tonite (uncountable)

1. An explosive compound; a preparation of guncotton.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tonite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) tonite

1. vocative masculine singular of tonitus