English Explanatory Dictionary

nocturne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A work in a genre of piano music of moderate tempo with a highly-decorated, improvisatory melody.
A work of art relating or dedicated to the night.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɒktɜːn/ /(ˌ)nɒkˈtɜːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nocturne.wav nŏkʹtûrn' nŏkʹtərn /ˈnɑkˌtɝn/ /ˈnɑktɚn/

Word forms

nocturne nocturnes

Etymology

Borrowed from French nocturne (literally “nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus. Doublet of notturno.

Related words

Derived words

nocturnelike

Translations

Bulgarian: ноктюрно Carpathian Rusyn: нокту́рно Catalan: nocturn Chinese Mandarin: 夜曲 Finnish: nokturno French: nocturne Galician: nocturno German: Nachtstück German: Nocturne German: Nokturne Greek: νυχτωδία Ido: nokturno Italian: notturno Japanese: 夜想曲 Japanese: ノクターン Kazakh: ноктюрн Korean: 녹턴 Korean: 야상곡 Kyrgyz: ноктюрн Māori: whakatangipō Norwegian Bokmål: nocturne Polish: nokturn Portuguese: noturno Russian: ноктю́рн Serbo-Croatian: ноктурно Spanish: nocturno Swedish: nocturne Turkish: noktürn

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