tonight

See also: to-night, tonite, and to-nite

English

Alternative forms

to-night (archaic)
to-nite (US, informal, archaic)
tonite (US, informal)
t'night (US, informal)

Etymology

From Middle English tonyght, to niȝt, from Old English tō niht.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təˈnaɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪt

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, Act 4, Scene 2, page 165:
- 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii]:
  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), اللَّيْلَ‎ (al-layla)
Armenian: այս երեկո (ays ereko), այսօր երեկոյան (aysōr erekoyan)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܿܘ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ‎ (awa rāmša)
Belarusian: сё́ння ве́чарам (sjónnja vjéčaram)
Bikol Central: ngunyang banggi
Bulgarian: довечера (bg) (dovečera)
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cebuano: karong gabii
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
Chinese:
Cantonese: 今晚 (yue) (gam¹ maan⁵)

Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
Czech: dnes večer
Danish: i aften, iaften (former spelling)
Dutch: vanavond (nl)
Esperanto: ĉi-vespere
Estonian: täna õhtul (et)
Finnish: tänä iltana
French: ce soir, au soir (fr) (Belgium), à soir (fr) (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
Italian: stasera (it)
Japanese: 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, konban), 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今宵 (ja) (こよい, koyoi)
Khmer: នៅល្ងាចនេះ (nɨv lŋiec nih)
Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī)
Latvian: šovakar
Lithuanian: šįvakar
Macedonian: вечерва (večerva), довечер (dovečer)
Manx: noght
Norman: à ce sei, à ces sé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i kveld, i aften

Nynorsk: i kveld
Plautdietsch: venowent
Polish: dziś wieczorem, tego wieczoru
Portuguese: hoje à tardinha, hoje à noitinha
Romanian: diseară (ro), deseară (ro), astă-seară
Russian: сего́дня ве́чером (sevódnja véčerom)
Serbo-Croatian: večeras (sh)
Slovak: dnes večer
Slovene: danes zvečer
Spanish: esta noche, esta tarde
Swedish: i kväll (sv)
Tagalog: ngayong gabi
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: сього́дні уве́чері (sʹohódni uvéčeri), сього́дні вве́чері (sʹohódni vvéčeri), сього́вечір (sʹohóvečir), цього́вечір (cʹohóvečir)
Urdu: آج شام‎ (āj śām)
Vietnamese: vào tối nay
Volapük: asoaro (vo)
Waray-Waray: yana nga gab-i
Welsh: heno
Yiddish: הײַנט בײַ נאַכט‎ (haynt bay nakht)

during today's nighttime

Afrikaans: vannag
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: ام شو‎ (am šev)
Arabic: اَللَّيْلَةَ‎ (al-laylata), هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ‎ (hāḏihi l-laylata)
Hijazi Arabic: الليلة‎ (al-lēla)
Armenian: այս գիշեր (ays gišer)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ‎ (idlayle)
Bakhtiari: امشو‎ (amšaw)
Belarusian: сё́ння но́ччу (sjónnja nóčču)
Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
Burmese: ဒီည (di-nya.)
Catalan: anit (ca), aquesta nit
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
Chinese:
Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
Chuvash: кӗҫӗр (kĕś̬ĕr)
Czech: dnes v noci
Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
Dutch: vannacht (nl)
Esperanto: ĉi-nokte
Estonian: täna öösel (et)
Faroese: í kvøld, í nátt
Finnish: tänä iltana, yönä
French: cette nuit
Galician: esta noite
Georgian: ამაღამ (amaɣam)
German: heute Nacht
Greek: απόψε (el) (apópse)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: הלילה‎ (ha-layla)
Hindi: आज रात को (āj rāt ko)
Hungarian: ma éjjel, ma éjszaka
Ido: canokte (io)
Interlingua: iste vespere, iste nocte
Irish: anocht
Italian: stanotte
Japanese: 今夜 (ja) (こんや, kon'ya), 今晩 (ja) (こんばん, komban)
Khmer: យប់នេះ (yup nih)
Korean: 오늘 저녁 (oneul jeonyeok), 오늘 밤 (oneul bam)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو‎ (em şew)
Lao: ຄືນນີ້ (khư̄n nī)
Latvian: šonakt
Lithuanian: šiąnakt (lt)
Macedonian: ноќва (noḱva)
Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya leo
Norman: ch'tigniet
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i natt

Nynorsk: i natt
Plautdietsch: venowent
Polish: dziś w nocy, tej nocy
Portuguese: hoje à noite, esta/essa noite
Romanian: la noapte
Russian: сего́дня но́чью (sevódnja nóčʹju), се́ночь (sénočʹ) (dialectal)
Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ноћас

Roman: noćas
Slovak: dnes v noci
Slovene: nocój (sl)
Spanish: esta noche
Swedish: i natt (sv)
Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: сього́дні вночі́ (sʹohódni vnočí), сього́дні ні́ччю (sʹohódni níččju), cьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč), цьогоні́ч (cʹohoníč)
Urdu: آج رات کو‎ (āj rāt ko)
Vietnamese: vào đêm nay
Volapük: aneito (vo)
Welsh: heno
West Frisian: jûn

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: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: اَللَّيْلَة‎ (al-layla)
Armenian: այսօրվա երեկոն (aysōrva erekon), այս գիշերը (ays gišerə)
Azerbaijani: bu gecə
Breton: fenoz (br), henozh (br)
Bulgarian: тази вечер (tazi večer)
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cherokee: ᎪᎯ ᎤᏒ (gohi usv)
Chickasaw: himmaka' oklhili
Chinese:
Mandarin: 今晚 (zh) (jīnwǎn)
Czech: dnes večer
Danish: i aften (early night), i nat (late night)
Dutch: vanavond (nl), vannacht (nl)
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: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: הלילה‎ (haláyla), הערב‎ (haérev)
Hindi: आज रात f (āj rāt)
Hungarian: ma este, ma éjjel, ma éjszaka
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)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەم شەو‎ (em şew)
Latin: hac nocte
Latvian: šis vakars m, šī nakts f
Lithuanian: šis vakaras m (evening), ši naktis f (night)
Macedonian: вечерва (večerva)
Maltese: illejla
Norwegian: i (no) kveld (no) (early night, late evening), i (no) natt (no) (night)
Occitan: anuèit (oc) anuèch (oc)
Polish: tej nocy, dziś w nocy, [nocą]
Portuguese: esta noite
Romanian: noaptea asta, noaptea aceasta
Romansch: please add this translation if you can
Russian: сегодняшний вечер m (sevodnjašnij večer), наступающая ночь f (nastupajuščaja nočʹ)
Scots: the nicht
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ноћас

Roman: noćas
Slovak: dnešný večer m
Spanish: esta noche
Telugu: ఈ రాత్రి (ī rātri)
Urdu: آج رات‎ f (āj rāt)
Vietnamese: tối nay, đêm nay
Volapük: aneit
Welsh: heno
West Frisian: jûn

Anagrams

hotting

Middle English

Adverb

tonight

Alternative form of tonyght

Noun

tonight

Alternative form of tonyght

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