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Alternative forms
Adverb
tonight (not comparable)
- During the night following the current day.
- I want to party tonight!
- I had a wonderful time with you tonight.
- (obsolete) Last night.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, IV. ii. 165:
- Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury, / With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire, / And others more, going to seek the grave / Of Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night / On your suggestion.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, III. iii. 1:
- I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar, / And things unluckily charge my fantasy;
Translations
during today's evening
- Afrikaans: vanaand
- Arabic: هٰذَا الْمَسَاء (hāḏā l-masāʾ)
- Armenian: այս երեկո (ays ereko), այսօր երեկոյան (aysōr erekoyan)
- Belarusian: сёння ве́чарам (sjónnja vjéčaram)
- Bikol Central: ngunyang banggi
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cebuano: karong gabii
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes večer
- Dutch: vanavond (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉi-vespere
- French: ce soir, au soir (Belgium), à soir (Quebec)
- Gallo: é sai
- Georgian: ამ საღამოს (am saɣamos)
- German: heute Abend
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Hebrew: הערב m (haerev)
- Hindi: आज शाम (āj śām)
- Hungarian: ma este
- Icelandic: í kvöld, í nótt
- Ido: cavespere
- Irish: anocht
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during today's nighttime
- Afrikaans: vannag
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Vidari: ام شو (am šev)
- Arabic: اَللَّيْلَة (al-layla), هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَة (hāḏihi l-layla)
- Armenian: այս գիշեր (ays gišer)
- Bakhtiari: امشو (amšaw)
- Belarusian:
- Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
- Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
- Burmese:
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes v noci
- Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
- Dutch: vannacht (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉi-nokte
- Estonian: täna õhtul
- Faroese: í kvøld, í nátt
- Finnish: tänä iltana, yönä
- French: cette nuit
- Georgian: ამაღამ (amaɣam)
- German: heute Nacht
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Gujarati:
- Hebrew: הלילה (ha-layla)
- Hindi: आज रात को (āj rāt ko)
- Hungarian: ma éjjel
- Ido: canokte (io)
- Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
- Irish: anocht
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- Italian: stanotte
- Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
- Khmer: យប់នេះ (yup nih)
- Korean: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (oneulbam)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهم شهو (am shaw)
- Latvian: šonakt
- Macedonian: ноќва (nokjva)
- Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo
- Norman: ch'tigniet
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: i natt
- Nynorsk: i natt
- Polish: dziś w nocy, tej nocy
- Portuguese: hoje à noite, esta/essa noite
- Romanian: deseară (ro)
- Russian: сего́дня но́чью (sevódnja nóčʹju)
- Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ноћас
- Roman: noćas (sh)
- Slovak: dnes v noci
- Slovene: nocój (sl)
- Spanish: esta noche, de noche
- Swedish: i natt (sv)
- Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
- Urdu: آج رات کو (āj rāt ko)
- Vietnamese: vào đêm nay
- Volapük: aneito (vo)
- West Frisian: jûn
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Noun
tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)
- The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
- Tonight is the night.
- I have high hopes for tonight.
Translations
nighttime today
- Albanian: sonte (sq)
- Amharic:
- Arabic: اَللَّيْلَة (al-layla)
- Armenian: այսօրվա երեկոն (aysōrva erekon), այս գիշերը (ays gišerə)
- Azeri:
- Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
- Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
- Catalan: anit (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
- Chinese: 今晚 (jīnwǎn)
- Czech: dnes večer
- Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
- Dutch: deze avond m, deze nacht m
- Esperanto: hodiaŭ nokte
- Estonian: tänane õhtu
- Faroese: í kvøld
- Finnish: tänä iltana
- French: ce soir m, au soir (Belgium), à soir (Quebec), cette nuit f
- German: heute Abend m, heute Nacht f
- Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
- Gujarati:
- Hebrew: הלילה (haláyla), הערב (haérev)
- Hindi: आज रात f (āj rāt)
- Hungarian: ma este, ma éjjel
- Icelandic: í kvöld
- Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
- Italian: stasera (it), stanotte
- Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
- Korean: 오늘저녁 (oneuljeonyeok), 오늘밤 (oneulbam)
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