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1 night
night [naɪt]1. nounb. ( = period of sleep) to have a good/bad night passer une bonne/mauvaise nuit2. compounds* * *[naɪt]1) ( period of darkness) nuit f; ( before going to bed) soir mto have a good/bad night — bien/mal dormir
2) ( evening) soir m; ( evening as a whole) soirée fto make a night of it — (colloq) faire la fête (colloq)
3) ( darkness) nuit f -
2 blackout
1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) panne de courant2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) black-out3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) syncope4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.)5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.)6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.) -
3 night
1 ( period of darkness) nuit f ; ( before going to bed) soir m ; during the night pendant la nuit ; in the middle of the night au milieu de la nuit ; to travel/hunt by night voyager/chasser de nuit ; at night la nuit ; all night long toute la nuit ; night and day nuit et jour ; Moscow by night Moscou la nuit ; to work nights travailler de or la nuit ; to be on nights être de nuit ; eight o'clock at night huit heures du soir ; late at night tard le soir ; late into the night tard dans la nuit ; he arrived last night il est arrivé hier soir ; I slept badly last night j'ai mal dormi la nuit dernière ; he arrived the night before last il est arrivé avant-hier soir ; I slept badly the night before last j'ai mal dormi (la nuit d')avant-hier ; she had arrived the night before elle était arrivée la veille ; on the night of October 6 la nuit du 6 octobre ; on Tuesday nights le mardi soir ; it rained on Tuesday night il a plu mardi soir ; to sit up all night with sb veiller toute la nuit avec qn ; to sit up all night reading passer toute la nuit à lire ; to spend ou stay the night with sb passer la nuit avec qn ; to have a good/bad night bien/mal dormir ; to have a comfortable/restless night passer une nuit reposante/agitée ; to have a late night se coucher tard ; to get an early night se coucher tôt ; to stay out all night ne pas rentrer de la nuit ;2 ( evening) soir m ; ( evening as a whole) soirée f ; it's his night out c'est son soir de sortie ; to take a night off se libérer une soirée ; it's my night off ce soir je suis libre ; a night to remember une soirée mémorable ; a night at the opera une soirée à l'opéra ; the play will run for three nights Theat la pièce aura trois représentations ; to make a night of it ○ faire la fête ○ ;3 ( darkness) nuit f ; he left as night was falling il est parti à la tombée de la nuit ; to disappear into the night disparaître dans la nuit ; in our dark night of despair littér au plus profond de notre désespoir. -
4 night
night [naɪt]1 noun∎ ten o'clock at night dix heures du soir;∎ all night (long) toute la nuit;∎ by night de nuit;∎ during or in the night pendant la nuit;∎ far or late into the night jusqu'à une heure avancée de la nuit;∎ it's weeks since we had a night out ça fait des semaines que nous ne sommes pas sortis le soir;∎ to work day and night or night and day travailler nuit et jour;∎ to have a night off avoir une soirée libre;∎ it's the au pair's night off c'est la soirée libre de la jeune fille au pair;∎ to have a late night se coucher tard;∎ too many late nights can be bad for you se coucher tard trop souvent peut nuire à la santé;∎ this has been going on night after night cela s'est prolongé des nuits durant;∎ what you need is a good night's sleep ce qu'il vous faut, c'est une bonne nuit de sommeil ou de repos;∎ I had a bad night j'ai passé une mauvaise nuit, j'ai mal dormi;∎ History the night of the long knives la nuit des longs couteaux;∎ the night is young la nuit n'est pas très avancée, humorous on a toute la nuit devant nous(b) (evening's entertainment) soirée f;∎ to have a night out sortir;∎ that was a great night last night on a passé une super soirée hier;∎ Tuesday's our poker night le mardi, c'est notre soirée poker, le mardi soir, nous faisons un poker;∎ to make a night of it faire la fête toute la nuit∎ as night was falling alors que la nuit tombait;∎ night falls early il fait nuit tôt, la nuit tombe tôt;∎ dark night of the soul période f de désespoir profond;∎ literary to go forth into the night s'en aller dans les ténèbres ou dans l'obscurité∎ gala night soirée f de gala;∎ poetry night soirée f poésie(duty, flight, train, boat, sky) de nuitde nuit;∎ how can you sleep nights not knowing where he is? comment arrives-tu à dormir sans même savoir où il est?;∎ to work nights travailler de nuit;∎ I'm on nights next week je suis de nuit la semaine prochaine;∎ American to lie awake nights ne pas dormir la nuit►► night bird Ornithology oiseau m nocturne ou de nuit; figurative (person) noctambule mf, oiseau m de nuit;night blindness (UNCOUNT) héméralopie f;night clerk (in hotel) réceptionniste mf de nuit;American night crawler = gros ver de terre;Banking night depository coffre(-fort) m de nuit;night driving conduite f de nuit;night editor rédacteur(trice) m,f de nuit (dans un journal);Ornithology night heron (héron m) bihoreau m;American night letter télégramme m (à tarif réduit, livré le lendemain matin);night manager directeur(trice) m,f de nuit;night nurse infirmier(ère) m,f de nuit;night nursery chambre f d'enfants;familiar night owl couche-tard mf inv, oiseau m de nuit;night porter portier(ère) m,f de nuit;Finance night rate tarif m de nuit;Banking night safe coffre(-fort) m de nuit;night school cours mpl du soir;∎ to go to night school suivre des cours du soir;∎ to be on the night shift être de nuit;night soil fumier m (d'excréments humains);night storage heater radiateur m à accumulation;American night table table f de chevet;night vision vision f nocturne;∎ to have good/bad night vision avoir une bonne/mauvaise vision nocturne;night watchman veilleur m de nuit;night work travail m de nuit -
5 night
1) (the period from sunset to sunrise: We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; ( also adjective) He is doing night work.) (de) nuit2) (the time of darkness: In the Arctic in winter, night lasts for twenty-four hours out of twenty-four.) nuit•- nightly- night-club - nightdress - nightgown - nightfall - nightmare - nightmarish - night-school - night shift - night-time - night-watchman
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