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tombée de la nuit

French, noun/tɔ̃.be d(ə) la nɥi/

tombée de la nuit is a French feminine noun meaning “nightfall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Les minutes qui précèdent la nuit”.

What does tombée de la nuit mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininenightfall

    à la tombée de la nuit

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Les minutes qui précèdent la nuit.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

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

Forms of tombée de la nuit

  • tombées de la nuit plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tombée de la nuit?

  • /tɔ̃.be d(ə) la nɥi/
  • \tɔ̃.be də la nɥi\

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

English words that translate to tombée de la nuit

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.