nuit

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French nuyt, from Old French noit, nuit, from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /nɥi/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /nwi/
  • (Québec, popular) IPA(key): /nɥit/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: nui, nuis, nuits
  • Rhymes: -ɥi

Noun

nuit f (plural nuits)

  1. night
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Haitian Creole: nwit

Etymology 2

From nuire.

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /nɥi/
  • Homophones: nui, nuis, nuits
  • Rhymes: -ɥi

Verb

nuit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of nuire

Further reading

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Old Catalan

Noun

nuit f

  1. night

Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnyi̯t/

Noun

nuit oblique singular, f (oblique plural nuiz or nuitz, nominative singular nuit, nominative plural nuiz or nuitz)

  1. Alternative form of noit
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