night shift

See also: nightshift

English

Alternative forms

• nightshift

Noun

night shift (plural night shifts)

1. A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours.

   Synonym: graveyard shift (sometimes hyponymous)

   Antonym: day shift

   Coordinate term: swing shift

2. A group of workers who work during the night.

   Synonym: graveyard shift (sometimes hyponymous)

   Antonym: day shift

   Coordinate term: swing shift

Derived terms

• nightshifter

Translations

period

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜班 (zh) (yèbān)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: nachtdienst (nl)
• Finnish: yövuoro (fi)
• French: poste de nuit (fr) m
• German: Nachtschicht (de) f
• Greek: νυχτερινή βάρδια f (nychteriní várdia)
• Italian: turno di notte m, turno notturno m, terzo turno m, (la) terza (it) f, (la) notte (it) f
• Japanese: 夜勤 (ja) (やきん, yakin)
• Korean: 야근 (ko) (yageun)
• Lombard: (la) nòt (lmo) f or nòcc f, (la) terza (lmo) f or (el) terz (lmo) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattskift n

  Nynorsk: nattskift n

• Polish: nocna zmiana (pl) f, nocka (pl) f
• Portuguese: turno da noite m, turno noturno m
• Russian: ночна́я сме́на f (nočnája sména)
• Spanish: el turno nocturno m
• Swedish: nattskift (sv) n
• Turkish: gece vardiyası
• Ukrainian: нічна зміна f (nična zmina)

group of workers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜班職員／夜班职员 (yèbān zhíyuán)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: nachtdienst (nl)
• Finnish: yövuoro (fi)
• French: équipe de nuit f
• German: Nachtschicht (de) f
• Greek: νυχτερινή βάρδια f (nychteriní várdia)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattskift n

  Nynorsk: nattskift n

• Polish: nocna zmiana (pl) f
• Portuguese: turno da noite m, turno noturno m
• Russian: ночна́я сме́на f (nočnája sména)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: nattskift (sv) n
• Turkish: gececiler
• Ukrainian: нічна зміна f (nična zmina)

See also

• night shift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• shiftwork
• be on nights