good night

See also: goodnight

English

English phrasebook

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Alternative forms

goodnight
g'night (colloquial)

Etymology

Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."

Pronunciation

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Phrase

good night

A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
(colloquial, dated) Expressing incredulity.
- 1920, William Darling Lyell, The House in Queen Anne Square: A Tale (page 34)
  […] peculiarities of your law always interest me. What is 'legitim'?"
  "Oh! Good-night!" I said derisively.
  "But I am in dead earnest, and really want to know," he added with a perfectly serious face; "I have a small bet on."
- 1954, Franklin W. Dixon, The Yellow Feather Mystery
  Together they pried into the sodden mass, yanking out what was left of the record books.
  "Oh, good night!" Joe moaned in dismay. "The fire extinguisher liquid has messed up what the fire didn't."

Synonyms

night
night night

Coordinate terms

good afternoon
good day
good evening
good morning

Related terms

goodnight Vienna
nighty night

Translations

a farewell

Abkhaz: ашара шәӡыбзиарахааит (aŝara ŝʷdzəbzjaraxaajtʼ)
Albanian: natën e mirë
Aleut: angali kingachxicax
Arabic: تُصْبِح عَلَى خَيْر‎ (tuṣbiḥ ʿalā ḵayr), لَيْلَة سَعِيدَة‎ (layla saʿīda)
Hijazi Arabic: تصبح على خير‎ m (tiṣbaḥ ʿala ḵēr), و إنت من اهله‎ m (u inta min ahlu) (as a reply) تِمْسِي على خير‎ m (timsi ʿala ḵēr) (sleeping during the day)
Armenian: բարի գիշեր (bari gišer)
Asturian: bones nueches, bona nueche
Azerbaijani: gecəniz xeyrə qalsın
Basque: gabon
Belarusian: дабра́нач (dabránač)
Bengali: শুভ রাত্রি (śubh ratri)
Breton: noz vat (br)
Bulgarian: лека нощ (leka nošt)
Catalan: bona nit (ca)
Chechen: буьйса декъал йогӏийла (büjsa deqʼal joğiila)
Cherokee: ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᏃᏱ (osda svnoyi)
Chichewa: usiku wabwino
Chinese:
Cantonese: (formal) 晚安 (maan⁵ on¹), (informal) 早唞 (yue) (zou² tau²)
Mandarin: 晚安 (zh) (wǎn'ān)
Min Nan: 安眠 (zh-min-nan) (an-bîn), 暗安 (àm-an)
Cornish: nos da
Czech: dobrou noc (cs)
Danish: godnat (da)
Dutch: goedenacht (nl), goeienacht, welterusten (nl) (literally “sleep well”), trusten (familiar), slaapwel (nl) (Belgium)
Elfdalian: gunatt
Esperanto: bonan nokton
Estonian: head ööd (et)
Ewe: dɔ agbe
Faroese: góða nátt
Finnish: hyvää yötä (fi), öitä (fi) (informal)
French: bonne nuit (fr)
Galician: boa noite, boas noites
Garo: walnam
Georgian: ღამე ნებისა (ɣame nebisa), ძილი ნებისა (ʒili nebisa)
German: gute Nacht (de)
Alemannic German: guetnacht (Gressoney), gut nacht (Issime), guot nacht (Carcoforo), göt nacht, göti nacht (Formazza), schlàwol (Rimella)
Bavarian: guade Nochd
Greek: καληνύχτα (el) (kalinýchta), καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády)
Greenlandic: sinilluarit
Gujarati: શુભ રાત્રી (śubh rātrī)
Hawaiian: aloha pō
Hebrew: לַיְלָה טוֹב‎ (he) (láyla tov)
Hindi: शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri), शब बख़ैर (śab baxair), गुड नाइट (guḍ nāiṭ)
Hungarian: jó éjszakát (hu), jó éjszakát kívánok (hu)
Icelandic: góða nótt (is)
Ido: bona nokto
Indonesian: selamat malam (id)
Interlingua: bon nocte
Irish: oíche mhaith
Italian: buona notte (it), buonanotte (it)
Japanese: おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai), おやすみ (ja) (oyasumi) (casual), おやすみやす (oyasumiyasu) (Kyoto)
Javanese: sugeng dalu
K'iche': xokaq'ab'
Karelian: hyviä yödy
Karok: yáv pa'ikxáram
Kazakh: қайырлы түн (qaiyrly tün)
Khmer: រាត្រីសួស្ដី (riətrəy suəsdəy)
Korean: 안녕히 주무십시오 (annyeonghi jumusipsio), 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo), 잘 자요 (jal jayo), 잘 자 (jal ja)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شەو باش‎ (şew baş)
Lao: ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນທີ່ດີ (nai tǭn kāng khư̄n thī dī)
Latin: placidē quiēscās, bene quiēscās, molliter cubēs, ōtiōsē dormiās; in utramvīs aurem dormiās, in dextram aurem dormiās (idioms); vale (la); placidam noctem, bonam noctem (calques)
Latvian: arlabunakti
Lingala: butú elámu
Lithuanian: labanaktis, labos nakties, saldžių sapnų
Luxembourgish: gutt Nuecht
Macedonian: лека ноќ (leka noḱ), добра ноќ f (dobra noḱ)
Malay: selamat malam (ms)
Malayalam: ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Maltese: il-lejl it-tajjeb, bonswa
Mòcheno: guata nòcht
Navajo: nizhónígo háádíilyįh, nizhónígo niidoołkááł, yáʼátʼéehgo háádíilyįh
Norman: bouan gniet
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god natt (no)
Nynorsk: god natt
Old English: gōde niht
Oriya: ଶୁଭ ରାତ୍ରି (śubhô ratri)
Pashto: شپه دې نېکمرغه‎ (šəpa dē nēkəmərga)
Persian: شب بخیر‎ (fa) (šab be-xeyr), شب خوش‎ (šab xoš)
Polish: dobranoc (pl)
Portuguese: boa noite (pt)
Quechua: wuynas nuchis, allin tuta
Romani: sov Devleça (singular), soven Devleça (plural)
Romanian: noapte bună
Romansch: buna notg
Russian: споко́йной но́чи (ru) (spokójnoj nóči), до́брой но́чи (ru) (dóbroj nóči)
Sami:
Inari: pyeri ijjâ
Northern: buorrẹ idja
Skolt: vuä´đ tiõrvân
Southern: buerie jïjje
Samoan: manuia le po
Samogitian: labanakt
Scots: guid nicht
Scottish Gaelic: oidhche mhath
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лаку ноћ
Roman: laku noć
Sicilian: bona notti (scn)
Slovak: dobrú noc
Slovene: lahko noč
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dobru noc
Spanish: buenas noches (es)
Swahili: usiku mwema
Swedish: god natt (sv), go'natt (informal), natti (familiar, before going to sleep)
Tajik: шоми хуш (šomi xuš), шаб ба хайр (šab ba xayr), шабатон хуш бод (šabaton xuš bod)
Tamil: இனிய இரவு (iṉiya iravu)
Telugu: శుభరాత్రి (te) (śubharātri)
Tetum: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ราตรีสวัสดิ์ (th) (raa-dtrii-sà-wàt)
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: iyi geceler
Udmurt: ӟеч изь (dźeć izʹ)
Ukrainian: на добра́ніч (na dobránič), добра́ніч (dobránič)
Urdu: شب بخیر‎ (śab baxair)
Uzbek: xayrli tun
Vietnamese: ngủ ngon
Welsh: nos da
West Frisian: goenacht, nacht (fy)
Winnebago: hąhe pį
Yiddish: אַ גוטע נאַכט‎ (yi) (a gute nakht)
Zulu: lala kahle, ulale kahle sg, lalani kahle, nilale kahle pl

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