Skip to main content
PlainSpell

nictálope

Spanish, adjective/niɡˈtalope/

nictálope is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “nyctalopic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que ve mejor durante la noche que por el día”.

What does nictálope mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinenyctalopic

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que ve mejor durante la noche que por el día.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of nictálope

  • nictálopes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nictálope?

  • /niɡˈtalope/
  • [niɣ̞ˈt̪a.lo.pe]
  • [nikˈt̪alope]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.