🇵🇹 Portuguese

noite

feminine

a noite

night

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noite
/a ˈnojtʃi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say noite in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈnojtʃi/

How do you pronounce noite in Portuguese?

noite is pronounced /a ˈnojtʃi/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A noite escura e silenciosa envolveu toda a cidade.

The dark and silent night enveloped the entire city.

Aquela noite foi tão especial que nunca a esquecerei.

That special night was so memorable that I will never forget it.

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Why is it feminine?

Noite is feminine because it descends from Latin "noctem" (accusative of "nox"), which was feminine, and Portuguese retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor. Like many Latin feminine nouns ending in "-tem," it evolved into the Portuguese "-te" ending while maintaining its feminine classification.

What is the Portuguese word for night?

The Portuguese word for night is a noite — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchnuitlafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishnochelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiannottelafeminine

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