Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

night-time

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.53 in modern English

Syllables: night--time
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of nighttime.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Can we use an accredited agent, or perhaps for a night-time incident it would be better to deploy in daylight hours, for example?"

Usage

Inflected Forms

night‐time (canonical) night-times (plural)

Questions

What does night-time mean?: Alternative form of nighttime.

How to pronounce night-time

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