Nightfall

//ˈnaɪt.fɔl//

Synonyms for "nightfall" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(5 words)

dusk evenfall cockshut crepuscle crepuscule

twilight

Strong matches (8)

Noun(5 words)

crepusculum dark dimmity duckish evening

dusk evening evensong

Related words (14)

eventide sundown sunset vesper

Noun(10 words)

fall gloam gloaming mirkning night sun sundown sunset twilight vespers

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

hour time of day

Antonyms

2 entries

dawn sunrise

Synonyms

5 entries

dusk evening sundown sunset twilight

Related terms

2 entries

darkfall smokefall

derived

1 entries

night-falling

derived from

2 entries

fall night

related to

14 entries

dark darkness day dusk getting getting dark night put put together smokefall sundown sunset time together

similar

4 entries

dusk sundown sunset twilight

Translations

86 translations across 47 languages.

Ahtna

1 entries

xeł noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Arabic

4 entries

عِشَاء noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
غَسَق noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
غُرُوب noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
لَيْل noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Bikol Central

1 entries

sinarom noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Bulgarian

2 entries

свечеряване noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
смрачаване noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Catalan

1 entries

capvespre noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

薄暮 noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
黃昏 /黄昏 noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Czech

1 entries

soumrak noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Danish

2 entries

mørkets frembrud noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
skumring noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Dutch

4 entries

avondschemering noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
avondval noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
nachtval noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
valavond noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Estonian

1 entries

videvik noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Finnish

3 entries

illan siimes noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
illansuu noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
iltahämärä noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

French

1 entries

tombée de la nuit noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Galician

3 entries

anoitecer noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
crepúsculo noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
luscofusco noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

German

3 entries

Einbruch der Dunkelheit noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
Einbruch der Nacht noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
Zwielicht noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Greek

2 entries

νύχτωμα noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
σούρουπο noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Hindi

1 entries

साँझ noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Hungarian

3 entries

alkony noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
alkonyat noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
sötétedés noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Icelandic

4 entries

ljósaskipti noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
næturkoma noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
nótt noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
rökkurbil noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Indonesian

1 entries

senjakala noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Ingrian

1 entries

iltain noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Italian

1 entries

crepuscolo noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Japanese

1 entries

日暮 noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

ашхам noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Korean

2 entries

해질녘 noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
황혼 noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Latin

1 entries

annoctatio noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Latvian

2 entries

krēsla noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
tumsas iestāšanās noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Lithuanian

2 entries

prieblanda noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
sutema noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Manx

1 entries

beeal ny hoie noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Māori

1 entries

pōnga noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Norwegian

2 entries

mørkets frambrudd noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
skumring noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Old Norse

1 entries

dagsetr noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Persian

1 entries

شبانگاه noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Polish

2 entries

zmierzch noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
zmrok noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Portuguese

3 entries

anoitecer noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
crepúsculo noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
lusco-fusco noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Romagnol

1 entries

imbrunìr noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Romanian

4 entries

amurg noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
căderea nopții noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
căderea serii noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
venirea nopții noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Russian

2 entries

наступле́ние но́чи noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
су́мерки noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Sindhi

1 entries

ِسَنجھا noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Slovak

1 entries

súmrak noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Slovene

1 entries

mrak noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Spanish

1 entries

anochecer noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Swedish

2 entries

kvällning noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
nattens inbrott (mörkrets) noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Tagalog

1 entries

takipsilim noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Turkish

2 entries

akşam karanlığı noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
akşam vakti noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chạng vạng noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Walloon

1 entries

anuti noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Welsh

3 entries

cyfnos noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
hwyr noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)
hwyrnos noun (the close of the day; the coming of night)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Judging from the look of the sky, we might have a shower before nightfall.

Source: tatoeba (59598)

The seals surface more frequently then, so a bear's chance of catching one at a breathing hole is greater after nightfall.

Source: tatoeba (71864)

The police expect to apprehend the robber before nightfall.

Source: tatoeba (238325)

Let's stay until nightfall and watch the fireworks.

Source: tatoeba (324014)

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