noche
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔtʃɛ/
Noun
noche f (Latin spelling)
- night
- 2019, Silvyo OVADYA, “Hanukah Alegre”, in Şalom Gazetesi:
- Alhad la noche vamos a asender la primera kandela de muestras Hanukiyas.
- Sunday night we're going to light the first candle on our Hanukiyas.
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Old Spanish
Etymology
From an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, cognate with English night.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnotʃe/
Noun
noche f (plural noches)
- night
Descendants
- Spanish: noche
Spanish
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/ [ˈno.t͡ʃe]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -otʃe
- Syllabification: no‧che
Noun
noche f (plural noches)
- night (the period between sunset and sunrise)
- por la noche ― at night
- durante la noche ― at night / overnight / at night time
- Antonym: día
- evening
Derived terms
- a la caída de la noche
- anoche
- buenas noches
- de la noche a la mañana
- de noche
- de noche todos los gatos son pardos
- día y noche
- durante la noche
- el día y la noche
- la noche de los tiempos
- la noche es capa de pecadores
- medianoche
- mesa de noche
- mesilla de noche
- mesita de noche
- mico de noche
- Nochebuena
- noche cerrada
- noche de bodas
- Noche de Brujas
- noche de perros
- noche oscura del alma
- nochero
- Nochevieja
- noche y día
- reina de la noche
- rollo de una noche
- tarde-noche
- terminar la noche (“to call it a night”)
Related terms
- anochecer
- nocturno
See also
- mañana
- tarde
Further reading
- “noche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014