noche

Etymology

From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔtʃɛ]

Noun

noche f (Latin spelling)

1. night

Etymology

From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox (compare Catalan nit, French nuit, Italian notte, Portuguese noite, Romanian noapte), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, a root shared by English night.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnot͡ʃe/

Noun

noche f (plural noches)

1. night (time) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “noche” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.