nuit

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French nuyt, from Old French noit, nuit, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nuit f (plural nuits)

night

Related terms

Derived terms

chemise de nuit
la nuit porte conseil
table de nuit

Etymology 2

From nuire.

Verb

nuit

third-person singular present indicative of nuire

Anagrams

unit, unît

Further reading

“nuit” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

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

Alternative form of noit

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