goodnight

good night

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [goo d-nahyt]
- /ˌgʊdˈnaɪt/
- /ˈgʊdnaɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [goo d-nahyt]
- /ˌgʊdˈnaɪt/

Definitions of goodnight word

noun goodnight a farewell or leave-taking: He said his good-nights before leaving the party. 1
noun goodnight A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep. 1
interjection goodnight on sb going to bed 1
interjection goodnight in evening: goodbye 1
noun goodnight indicating farewell 1
convention goodnight You say 'Goodnight' to someone late in the evening before one of you goes home or goes to sleep. 0

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Origin of goodnight

First appearance:

before 1325

One of the 16% oldest English words

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Goodnight

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Goodnight

goodnight popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

goodnight usage trend in Literature

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