Bonne nuit !

good night

Questions & Answers about Bonne nuit !

How do you pronounce Bonne nuit !?

It is pronounced approximately bun nwee.

More precisely:

• bonne sounds like bon in French, with a nasal vowel: /bɔn/
• nuit is /nɥi/, which can be tricky for English speakers

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• bonne = bun
• nuit = something like nwee

The t in nuit is silent.

What does bonne mean here, and why is it not bon?

Bonne is the feminine form of bon, which means good.

In French, adjectives must agree with the noun they describe:

• bon = masculine singular
• bonne = feminine singular

Since nuit is a feminine noun, French uses:

• bonne nuit

not:

• bon nuit

Is nuit masculine or feminine?