nightfall

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The close of the day; the coming of night.
2. (countable, uncountable) Nocturnal emission.

Synonyms

dusk

evening

🌆

sunset

twilight

gloaming

night

🌃

candlelight

night-time

dark

evenfall

crepuscule

fall

gloam

sundown

nighttime

dawn

eventide

vesper

early evening

crepuscle

crepusculum

darkness

day and night

end

🔚

eve

get dark

post meridiem

year-end

evening time

evening twilight

night fall

year end

toward evening

six o’clock in the evening

the beginning of night

evetime

afternoon

Translations

anochecer

tombée de la nuit

σούρουπο

anoitecer

Abenddämmerung

crépuscule

crepuscolo

crepúsculo

Nachteinbruch

Abend

🌆

νύχτωμα

capvespre

Einbruch der Nacht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnaɪt.fɔl/

Etymology

From night + fall. Cf. dewfall.