nite

See also: nitě and ni te

English

Alternative forms

• night

Pronunciation

• nīt
• IPA^(key): /naɪt/

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• (UK, Scotland, Canada) IPA^(key): /nʌɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: knight, night

Noun

nite (plural nites)

1. Informal spelling of night.

Derived terms

• overnite
• tonite

Anagrams

• Tien, neti, tein, tine

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈnʲɪtʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈn̠ʲɨ̞tʲə/

Verb

nite

1. past participle of nigh

Noun

nite f

1. genitive singular of ní

Japanese

Romanization

nite

1. Rōmaji transcription of にて

Latin

Verb

nitē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of niteō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²niː.tə/

Etymology 1

From German Niete.

Noun

nite m (definite singular niten, indefinite plural nitar, definite plural nitane)

1. a lottery ticket without a reward

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hníta, from Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.

Verb

nite (present tense nit, past tense neit, supine nite, past participle niten, present participle nitande, imperative nit)

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Alternative forms

• nita

References

• “nite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “nita”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “nite”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

• neit, tein, tine

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نته (nite, nete), نیته (nite, nete), from Old Anatolian Turkish نتا, نته, نیته, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *nē-teg. By surface analysis, ne +‎ dek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈte̞/

Adverb

nite

1. how (in what manner)
   • Karanlık ile aydınlık, bir hücreye nite sığar?

     How could both lightness and darkness fit into a cell?

Related terms

• nice
• nitekim
• nitel
• nitelemek
• nitelik