nuit
French, noun/nɥi/
nuit is a French feminine noun meaning “night” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of nuire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Période qui s’écoule entre le coucher de soleil et le lever du soleil”.
What does nuit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenight
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of nuire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Période qui s’écoule entre le coucher de soleil et le lever du soleil. 2. Période quotidienne durant laquelle le soleil est sous notre horizon et qu'il fait noir. 3. Obscurité, ténèbres. 4. Symbole de destruction, d’oubli, de mort, de néant.
adjective: 1. Désigne une couleur bleu profond tirant légèrement sur le violet. #0F056B
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 nuit
- nuits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nuit?
- France /nɥi/
- Belgium /nwi/
- Quebec /nɥit/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nuit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nuit in French?
nuit appears 240 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).