Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nightfowl

/ˈnaɪt.faʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: night-fowl
IPA: /ˈnaɪt.faʊl/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various birds active during the nighttime or associated with night; a nocturnal bird.

Example Sentences

"Upon the middle of the night, Waking she heard the nightfowl crow: The cock sung out an hour ere light"
"Now this wilderness was so utterly waste that not even the barking of a dog or the sound of a nightfowl could be heard."
"He could see the ghostly outline of the distant peaks of the mountains, he could hear the haunting cries of nightfowl and coyote; but these things failed to interest him."
"An eagle? No, that could scarcely be; eagles were not nightfowl, nor would one descend this close to humans."

Etymology

From night + fowl.

Inflected Forms

nightfowls (plural) night fowl (alternative) night-fowl (alternative)

Synonyms

night bird

Questions

How do you pronounce nightfowl?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaɪt.faʊl/.
What does nightfowl mean?: Any of various birds active during the nighttime or associated with night; a nocturnal bird.
Where does nightfowl come from?: From night + fowl.

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