Nocturnal

//nɑkˈtɝ.nəl//

Synonyms for "nocturnal" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(1 words)
lucifugous

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

Adjective(3 words)
nightishnightlynighttime
Noun(1 words)
star clock

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Translations

89 translations across 42 languages.

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Amharic

1 entries
  • የሌሊት adj (primarily active during the night)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • νυκτερινός adj (primarily active during the night)
  • νυκτερινός adj (taking place at night)

Arabic

1 entries
  • لَيْلِيّ adj (taking place at night)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գիշերային adj (primarily active during the night)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • начны́ adj (primarily active during the night)
  • начны́ adj (taking place at night)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • но́щен adj (primarily active during the night)
  • но́щен adj (taking place at night)

Catalan

2 entries
  • nocturn adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nocturn adj (taking place at night)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 夜的 adj (primarily active during the night)
  • 夜間的 /夜间的 adj (taking place at night)
  • 晝伏夜出 /昼伏夜出 adj (primarily active during the night)

Czech

2 entries
  • noční adj (primarily active during the night)
  • noční adj (taking place at night)

Dutch

4 entries
  • nacht adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nachtactief adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nachtelijk adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nachtelijk adj (taking place at night)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • nokta adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nokta adj (taking place at night)

Finnish

4 entries
  • nokturnaalinen adj (primarily active during the night)
  • yö adj (primarily active during the night)
  • yöllinen adj (primarily active during the night)
  • öinen adj (primarily active during the night)

French

2 entries
  • nocturne adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nocturne adj (taking place at night)

Galician

1 entries
  • nocturno adj (primarily active during the night)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მეღამური adj (primarily active during the night)
  • ღამეული adj (taking place at night)
  • ღამის adj (primarily active during the night)

German

2 entries
  • nachtaktiv adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nächtlich adj (taking place at night)

Greek

3 entries
  • νυκτόβιος adj (primarily active during the night)
  • νυχτερινός adj (taking place at night)
  • νυχτιάτικος adj (taking place at night)

Hindi

2 entries
  • निशाचर adj (primarily active during the night)
  • रात्रिक adj (taking place at night)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • éjjeli adj (primarily active during the night)
  • éjjeli adj (taking place at night)

Ido

1 entries
  • noktala adj (primarily active during the night)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • nocturne adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nocturne adj (taking place at night)

Italian

1 entries
  • notturno adj (primarily active during the night)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 夜の adj (taking place at night)
  • 夜行 adj (primarily active during the night)
  • 夜行性 adj (primarily active during the night)
  • 夜間の adj (taking place at night)

Korean

4 entries
  • 밤의 adj (taking place at night)
  • 야간의 adj (taking place at night)
  • 야행 adj (primarily active during the night)
  • 야행성 adj (primarily active during the night)

Latvian

2 entries
  • naksnīgs adj (primarily active during the night)
  • naksnīgs adj (taking place at night)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ноќен adj (taking place at night)

Māori

3 entries
  • moeao adj (primarily active during the night)
  • ohopō adj (primarily active during the night)
  • tūāpō adj (taking place at night)

Old English

1 entries
  • nihtlīċ adj (primarily active during the night)

Persian

2 entries
  • شبانه adj (primarily active during the night)
  • شبانه adj (taking place at night)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • noturn adj (primarily active during the night)

Polish

2 entries
  • nocny adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nocny adj (taking place at night)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • noturno adj (primarily active during the night)

Russian

2 entries
  • ночно́й adj (primarily active during the night)
  • ночно́й adj (taking place at night)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nòćnī adj (taking place at night)
  • но̀ћнӣ adj (taking place at night)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nočný adj (taking place at night)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nočen adj (taking place at night)

Spanish

4 entries
  • nocturno adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nocturno adj (taking place at night)
  • noctámbulo adj (primarily active during the night)
  • trasnochador adj (primarily active during the night)

Swedish

4 entries
  • aktiv om natten adj (primarily active during the night)
  • natt adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nattaktiv adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nattlig adj (taking place at night)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шабона adj (taking place at night)

Turkish

4 entries
  • gececil adj (primarily active during the night)
  • geceleyin olan adj (taking place at night)
  • geceye ait adj (taking place at night)
  • noktürnâl adj (primarily active during the night)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • нічни́й adj (primarily active during the night)
  • нічни́й adj (taking place at night)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • nacht adj (primarily active during the night)
  • nachtlik adj (primarily active during the night)

Sample sentences

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These are a kind of nocturnal flower.

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Cats are nocturnal creatures.

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Cats are nocturnal animals.

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Aardvarks are nocturnal animals.

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