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  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
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  • 1.4 Phrase
    • 1.4.1 Synonyms
    • 1.4.2 Coordinate terms
    • 1.4.3 Derived terms
    • 1.4.4 Related terms
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English

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Alternative forms

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• good-night (archaic)
• goodnight
• g'night (colloquial)

Etymology

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Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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good night

1. A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.
2. (colloquial, dated) Expressing incredulity.
   • 1920, William Darling Lyell, The House in Queen Anne Square: A Tale, page 34:[…] peculiarities of your law always interest me. What is 'legitim'?""Oh! Good-night!" I said derisively."But I am in dead earnest, and really want to know," he added with a perfectly serious face; "I have a small bet on."
   • 1954, Franklin W. Dixon, The Yellow Feather Mystery:Together they pried into the sodden mass, yanking out what was left of the record books."Oh, good night!" Joe moaned in dismay. "The fire extinguisher liquid has messed up what the fire didn't."

Synonyms

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• night
• night night

Coordinate terms

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• good afternoon
• good day
• good evening
• good morning

Derived terms

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• goodnight (noun), good-night (verb)
• goodnight Vienna

Related terms

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• nighty night

Descendants

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• Sranan Tongo: kuneti

Translations

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Abkhaz: ашара шәӡыбзиарахааит (aŝara ŝʷdzəbzjaraxaajtʼ) Albanian: natën e mirë Aleut: angali kingachxicax Arabic: تُصْبِح عَلَى خَيْر (tuṣbiḥ ʕalā ḵayr), لَيْلَة سَعِيدَة (layla saʕīda) Hijazi Arabic: تصبح على خير m (tiṣbaḥ ʕala ḵēr), و إنت من اهله m (u inta min ahlu) (as a reply) تِمْسِي على خير m (timsi ʕala ḵēr) (sleeping during the day) Armenian: բարի գիշեր (bari gišer) Asturian: bones nueches (ast), bona nueche Azerbaijani: gecən xeyrə qalsın (singular, informal), gecəniz xeyrə qalsın (plural, formal) Basque: gabon Belarusian: дабра́нач (dabránač) Bengali: শুভ রাত্রি (śubho ratri) Breton: noz vat (br) Bulgarian: ле́ка нощ (léka nošt) Catalan: bona nit (ca) Chechen: буьйса декъал йогӏийла (büüsa deqʼal joğiı̇la) Cherokee: ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᏃᏱ (osda svnoyi) Chichewa: usiku wabwino Chinese: Cantonese: (formal) 晚安 (maan5 on1), (informal) 早唞 (yue) (zou2 tau2) Hokkien: 安眠 (zh-min-nan) (an-bîn), 暗安 (àm-an) Mandarin: 晚安 (zh) (wǎn'ān) Cornish: nos da Czech: dobrou noc (cs) Danish: godnat (da) Dutch: goedenacht (nl), goeienacht, welterusten (nl) (literally “sleep well”), trusten (familiar), slaapwel (nl) (Belgium) Elfdalian: gunatt Esperanto: bonan nokton Estonian: head ööd (et) Ewe: dɔ agbe Faroese: góða nátt Finnish: hyvää yötä (fi), öitä (fi) (informal) French: bonne nuit (fr) Galician: boa noite, boas noites Garo: walnam Georgian: ღამე ნებისა (ɣame nebisa), ძილი ნებისა (ʒili nebisa) German: gute Nacht (de) Alemannic German: guetnacht (Gressoney), gut nacht (Issime), guot nacht (Carcoforo), göt nacht, göti nacht (Formazza), schlàwol (Rimella) Bavarian: guade Nochd Greek: καληνύχτα (el) (kalinýchta), καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády) Greenlandic: sinilluarit, kunaat Gujarati: શુભ રાત્રી (śubh rātrī) Hawaiian: aloha pō Hebrew: לַיְלָה טוֹב (he) (láyla tov) Hindi: शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri), शब बख़ैर (śab baxair), गुड नाइट (guḍ nāiṭ) Hungarian: jó éjszakát (hu), jó éjszakát kívánok (hu) Icelandic: góða nótt (is) Ido: bona nokto Indonesian: selamat malam (id) Interlingua: bon nocte Inuktitut: ᐅᓐᓄᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃᑯᑦ (onnottiafakkot) Irish: oíche mhaith Italian: buona notte (it), buonanotte (it) Japanese: おやすみなさい (ja) (oyasuminasai), おやすみ (ja) (oyasumi) (casual), おやすみやす (oyasumiyasu) (Kyoto) Javanese: sugeng dalu K'iche': xokaq'ab' Karelian: hyviä yödy Karok: yáv pa'ikxáram Kazakh: қайырлы түн (qaiyrly tün) Khmer: រាត្រីសួស្ដី (riətrəy suəsdəy) Korean: 안녕히 주무십시오 (annyeonghi jumusipsio), 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo), 잘 자요 (jal jayo), 잘 자 (jal ja) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: شەو باش (şew baş) Northern Kurdish: şev baş (ku), şev xweş, şev bixêr Lao: ລາຕີສຸກສັນ (lā tī suk san) Latin: placidē quiēscās, bene quiēscās, molliter cubēs, ōtiōsē dormiās; in utramvīs aurem dormiās, in dextram aurem dormiās (idioms); vale (la); placidam noctem, bonam noctem (calques) Latvian: arlabunakti Lingala: butú elámu (ln) Lithuanian: labanaktis, labos nakties, saldžių sapnų Luxembourgish: gutt Nuecht Macedonian: лека ноќ (leka noḱ), добра ноќ f (dobra noḱ) Malay: selamat malam (ms) Malayalam: ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri) Maltese: il-lejl it-tajjeb, bonswa Maori: pō mārie Mòcheno: guata nòcht Navajo: nizhónígo háádíilyįh, nizhónígo niidoołkááł, yáʼátʼéehgo háádíilyįh Norman: bouan gniet Norwegian: Bokmål: god natt (no) Nynorsk: god natt Odia: ଶୁଭ ରାତ୍ରି (śubha rātri) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: льгъка нощь (lĭgŭka noštĭ) Old English: gōde niht Old Tupi: tiá nde pytuna Pannonian Rusyn: добру ноц (dobru noc) Pashto: شپه دې نېکمرغه (šəpa dē nēkəmərga) Persian: Classical Persian: شَب بَخَیْر (šab baxayr), شَب خْوَش (šab xwaš) Iranian Persian: شَب بِخِیْر (šab bexeyr), شَب خوش (šab xoš) Polish: dobranoc (pl) Portuguese: boa noite (pt) Quechua: wuynas nuchis, allin tuta Romani: sov Devleça (singular), soven Devleça (plural) Romanian: noapte bună Romansch: buna notg Russian: споко́йной но́чи (ru) (spokójnoj nóči), до́брой но́чи (ru) (dóbroj nóči) Sami: Inari: pyeri ijjâ Northern: buorrẹ idja Skolt: vuä´đ tiõrvân Southern: buerie jïjje Samoan: manuia le po Samogitian: labanakt Scots: guid nicht Scottish Gaelic: oidhche mhath Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: лаку ноћ Roman: laku noć Sicilian: bona notti (scn) Slovak: dobrú noc Slovene: lahko noč Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dobru noc Spanish: buenas noches (es) Sranan Tongo: sribi switi Swahili: usiku mwema (sw) Swedish: god natt (sv), go'natt (informal), natti (familiar, before going to sleep), natti natti (sv) (familiar) Tajik: шоми хуш (šom-i xuš), шаб ба хайр (šab ba xayr), шабатон хуш бод (šabaton xuš bod) Tamil: இனிய இரவு (iṉiya iravu) Telugu: శుభరాత్రి (te) (śubharātri) Tetum: kalan di'ak Thai: ราตรีสวัสดิ์ (th) (raa-dtrii-sà-wàt) Tongan: mohe ā Turkish: iyi geceler Udmurt: ӟеч изь (dźeć iź) Ukrainian: на добра́ніч (na dobránič), добра́ніч (dobránič) Urdu: شَب بَخَیر (śab baxair) Uzbek: xayrli tun Vietnamese: ngủ ngon, chúc ngủ ngon Welsh: nos da West Frisian: goenacht, nacht (fy) Winnebago: hąhe pį Yiddish: אַ גוטע נאַכט (yi) (a gute nakht) Zulu: lala kahle, ulale kahle sg, lalani kahle, nilale kahle pl

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