nuit
French
noun
Definitions
- night
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nuyt inherited from Old French noit inherited from Latin noctem inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (night).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nókʷts
Gloss
night
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nocturnal English
- niger Latin
- nigrum Latin
- noctem Latin
- noctula Latin
- nocturnus Latin
- nox Latin
- notte Italian
- corbeau French
- corbeau de nuit French
- de French
- anochecer Spanish, Castilian
- noche Spanish, Castilian
- nochecita Spanish, Castilian
- νύξ Ancient Greek
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- bom Portuguese
- meia-noite Portuguese
- noitada Portuguese
- noite Portuguese
- noitinha Portuguese
- noute Portuguese
- *nahts Proto-Germanic
- नक्त Sanskrit
- नक्ति Sanskrit
- *netopyřь Proto-Slavic
- *noťь Proto-Slavic
- noit Old French
- nokti Esperanto
- anit Catalan, Valencian
- mitjanit Catalan, Valencian
- nit Catalan, Valencian
- noapte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gniet Norman
- niet Norman
- nyit Norman
- nuyt Middle French
- noite Old Portuguese
- *noxs Proto-Celtic
- *aktúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nákts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- noapti Aromanian
- nuèit Occitan
- not Romansh
- notg Romansh
- nueche Asturian
- gnot Friulian
- noch Old Occitan
- noche Old Spanish
- note Venetian
- anochi Papiamentu
- nochi Papiamentu
- *naktā Proto-Albanian
- *naktís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- néutte Ligurian
- nuot Dalmatian
- noiti Kabuverdianu
- nute Walloon
- notte Neapolitan
- nuoto Istriot
- 𐬥𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬎 Avestan
- noti Guinea-Bissau Creole
- neuit Piedmontese
- nuit Old Catalan
- نوخْطِ Mozarabic