noite

Galician

Alternative forms

• note, noute, nuite

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnojte/ [ˈnoj.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ojte

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “noyte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “noyte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “noite”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “noite”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “noite”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 (plural noites)

1. night
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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 (dated) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "noite ~ noute"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• noute (dated)
• noyte (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited 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)

   Antonym: dia

   • 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.

Derived terms

• da noite para o dia
• meia-noite
• noitada
• noitão
• noite e dia
• noite morta
• noitinha
• trocar a noite pelo dia

 

Related terms

• anoitar
• anoitecer
• nicto-
• nocti-
• noturnal
• noturno

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: noti
• Kabuverdianu: noiti