nocturn

• Homophone: nocturne

nocturn (plural nocturns)

1. (Christianity) The night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.
2. (Christianity) A portion of the psalter used during nocturns.

From Latin nocturnus.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /nukˈtuɾn/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /nukˈturn/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /nokˈtuɾn/

nocturn (feminine nocturna, masculine plural nocturns, feminine plural nocturnes)

1. nocturnal

• diürn

• nocturnitat

Borrowed from French nocturne, from Latin nocturnus. There was also a now obsolete form nopturn[1] created based on noapte in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /nokˈturn/

nocturn m or n (feminine singular nocturnă, masculine plural nocturni, feminine and neuter plural nocturne)

1. nocturnal

• noptatic

• diurn