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nightshift

/nˈaɪtʃɪft/ noun

Alternative spelling of night shift.

Word Origin A compound of night and shift — literally 'a shift of work during the night.' Shift comes from Old English sciftan 'to arrange, divide,' which also gives us shiftless (unable to arrange things) and shifty (sneaky, changing). The PIE root *skei- 'to cut, split' also appears in science, schism, and ski. So nightshift is a great example of how a word for dividing time became a word for a work period.

noun Alternative spelling of night shift. countable

She works the nightshift at the hospital three times a week.

(名词) 夜班

她每周在医院上三次夜班。

(sustantivo) Variante ortográfica de turno nocturno.

Trabaja en el turno nocturno del hospital tres veces por semana.

(nom) travail de nuit; poste de nuit; équipe de nuit; service de nuit [Variante orthographique de night shift (poste ou équipe de nuit).]

Elle travaille en nightshift à l'hôpital trois fois par semaine.

(Substantiv) Nachtschicht [Alternative Schreibweise von *Nachtschicht*; die Arbeitszeit während der Nachtstunden.]

Sie arbeitet dreimal pro Woche die **nightshift** im Krankenhaus.

(名詞) 夜勤の別のつづり方。

彼女は週3回、病院で夜勤をしている。

(substantivo) turno noturno; plantão noturno; turno da noite [Ortografia alternativa de turno noturno.]

Ela trabalha no turno noturno do hospital três vezes por semana.

Synonyms: night shift graveyard shift late shift third shift night duty Antonyms: day shift morning shift daytime work early shift
Word parts: night + shift

Related words

nightly shifty shiftless shiftlessness shiftiness

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