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what's the French equivelent for a "night owl" (someone who stays up late at night)?

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Permalink Reply by Charles D on September 28, 2012 at 2:58am

Noctambule--according to a dictionary I have.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on September 28, 2012 at 5:29pm

More informally you can also say "un couche-tard" (I guess the slight difference is that "noctambule" implies the person likes to go out and do late-night activities, whereas a "couche-tard" is simply somebody who regularly goes to bed late).