nocturn

From Middle English nocturne, borrowed from Medieval Latin nocturna, noun use of the feminine form of Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal, of the night”), derived from nox (“night”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒktɜːn/, /(ˌ)nɒkˈtɜːn/
• (General American) enPR: nŏkʹtûrn', nŏkʹtərn, IPA^(key): /ˈnɑkˌtɝn/, /ˈnɑktɚn/
• Rhymes: -ɒktɜː(ɹ)n, -ɒktə(ɹ)n, -ɜː(ɹ)n
• Hyphenation: noc‧turn
• Homophone: nocturne

nocturn (plural nocturns)

1. (Christianity) The night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.

   Synonym: (obsolete) uhtsong

2. (Christianity) A portion of the psalter used during nocturns.

• “nocturn”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Learned borrowing from Latin nocturnus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nukˈturn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [nokˈtuɾn]

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nocturn (feminine nocturna, masculine plural nocturns, feminine plural nocturnes)

1. nocturnal

   Antonym: diürn

• nocturnitat

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• “nocturn”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French nocturne, from Latin nocturnus. There was also a now obsolete form nopturn^[1] created based on noapte in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /nokˈturn/

nocturn m or n (feminine singular nocturnă, masculine plural nocturni, feminine and neuter plural nocturne)

1. nocturnal

   Synonym: noptatic

   Antonym: diurn