all-night

See also: all night

English

Alternative forms

all-nite (informal, nonstandard)

Etymology

From all- +‎ night.

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: ôl'nītʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌɔlˈnaɪt/
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôl'nītʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌɔːlˈnaɪt/
Rhymes: -aɪt

Adjective

all-night (not comparable)

Lasting throughout the whole night (or most of it)
an all-night party
- 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 20:
  The former G.E.R. all-night service between Liverpool Street and Chingford, at hourly intervals, is revived.

Derived terms

all-nighter

Translations

lasting throughout the whole night

Finnish: koko yön kestävä
German: abendfüllend (de)
Greek: ολονύκτιος (el) (olonýktios), ολονύχτιος (el) (olonýchtios)
Ancient: παννύχιος (pannúkhios)
Latin: pernox
Malay: semalaman (ms)
Russian: все́нощный (ru) (vsénoščnyj), ночно́й (ru) (nočnój), всю но́чь (vsju nóčʹ), всю но́чь напролёт (vsju nóčʹ naproljót)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: целоноћни

Roman: celonoćni
Ukrainian: цілоні́чний (uk) (ciloníčnyj)

See also

all-day

Anagrams

Allthing

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