noon

noon  (nn)

n.

1.

a. Twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.

b. The time or point in the sun's path at which the sun is on the local meridian. Also called noontide, noontime.

2. The highest point; the zenith.

3. Archaic Midnight.

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[Middle English non, from Old English nn, canonical hour of nones (3 p.m. in early Middle Ages), from Late Latin nna (hra), ninth (hour after sunrise), nones, feminine sing. of Latin nnus, ninth; see new in Indo-European roots.]

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noon

Noun

the middle of the day; 12 o'clock [Latin nona (hora) ninth hour (originally 3 pm, the ninth hour from sunrise)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

noon - the middle of the day high noon, midday, noonday, noontide, twelve noon 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"

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noon

noun midday, high noon, noonday, noontime, twelve noon, noontide

Translations

noon [nuːn] n → mediodía m

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noon [nuːn] n → midi m

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noon [nuːn] n → Mittag m

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noon [nuːn] n → mezzogiorno