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nuit.

night

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/nɥi/France/nwi/Belgium/nɥit/Quebec, informal
  1. night

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts Latin nox Old French noit Middle French nuyt French nuit Inherited from Middle French nuyt, from Old French noit, from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

verb/nɥi/France
  1. third-person singular present indicative of nuire

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
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