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Complete Definition of "nocturnal"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɜː(r)nəl|-ɜː(r)nəl

Adjective
nocturnal (no comparative or superlative forms)

  1. Primarily active during the night.

Antonyms
diurnal

Translations

Chinese: 夜的 (yè-de)
Dutch: nachtelijk, nacht-
Finnish: yö- (former part of compound), yöllinen, öinen, nokturnaalinen (scientific)
French: nocturne
Frisian: nachtlik, nacht-
German: nächtlich, nachtaktiv
Greek: νυκτ- (or νυχτ-), <θ> replaces <τ> when the 2nd synthetic part of the compound word begins with an asper-accented vowel, νυκτο- (or νυχτο-), νυκτό- (or νυχτό-) ("nocturnal" prefixes); νυκτερινός (or νυχτερινός) [niˌkte̞riˈno̞s] m, νυκτιάτικος (or νυχτιάτικος) [niˈktçatiˌko̞s] m, νυκτόβιος (or νυχτόβιος) [niˈkto̞viˌo̞s] (that lives during the night) m, ξενύκτης (or ξενύχτης) [k͡se̞ˈniktis] [someone (mainly a man) who spends the nights drinking with women] m
Swedish: natt-, nattaktiv, aktiv om natten
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