nuite

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɥit/

Verb

nuite

  1. inflection of nuiter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Noun

nuite f (plural nuites)

  1. (Quebec, informal) eye dialect spelling of nuit
    • 2018 March 12, Amphithéâtre Cogeco, Quatrième opus de la Série Hommage du Cirque du Soleil Juste une p’tite nuite‎[1]:
      Le Cirque du Soleil s’installera pour un quatrième été à Trois-Rivières pour y présenter son nouveau spectacle de la Série Hommage : Juste une p’tite nuite.
      The Cirque du Soleil will settle for a fourth summer in Trois-Rivières to present its new tribute series show: Just a li'l night.

Usage notes

This pronunciation arises from the tendancy in Québec to maintain the feminine 't' of certain words. This leads to bout, lit &, fait sounding like boutte, litte &, faite.

Anagrams

Mirandese

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts
    Proto-Italic *nokts
    Latin nox
    Mirandese nuite

    Inherited from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

    Noun

    nuite f (plural nuites)

    1. night

    Antonyms

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