noon

noon

 (no͞on)
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.

[Middle English non, from Old English nōn, canonical hour of nones (3 pm in early Middle Ages), from Late Latin nōna (hōra), ninth (hour after sunrise), nones, feminine sing. of Latin nōnus, ninth; see newn̥ in Indo-European roots.]
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noon

(nuːn)
n
1.
a. the middle of the day; 12 o'clock in the daytime or the time or point at which the sun crosses the local meridian
b. (as modifier): the noon sun.
2. poetic the highest, brightest, or most important part; culmination
[Old English nōn, from Latin nōna (hōra) ninth hour (originally 3 p.m., the ninth hour from sunrise)]
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noon

(nun)

n.
1. midday.
2. twelve o'clock in the daytime.
3. the highest, brightest, or finest point or part.
4. Archaic. midnight.
[before 900; Middle English none, Old English nōn < Latin nōna ninth hour. See none2]
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noon

  • high noon - Exactly 12 noon.
  • luncheon - An extension of the word lunch, based on nuncheon, "a drink taken at noon."
  • noon - Derived from the Latin word nona, "ninth," as it originally meant the ninth hour after sunrise, about 3 p.m.
  • post meridiem - The expansion of p.m., from Latin, meaning "after noon" (1647).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.noon - the middle of the daynoon - the middle of the day    
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
1. midday, high noon, noonday, noontime, twelve noon, noontide The long day of meetings started at noon.
adjective
1. midday, noonday, noontime, noontide The noon sun was fierce.
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Translations
ظُهْرمُنْتَصَفُ الّنَهَارِ
poledne
middag
Mittag
μεσημέρι
mediodía
keskipäivä
midi
podne
dél
hádegi, miîdegi
mezzogiornomezzodì
正午真昼
정오
meridies
dienas vidus
middag
klokka tolvmiddagmidt på dagen
południe
meio-dia
полденьполночь
poldan
klockan tolv på dagenmiddagmitt på dagen
เที่ยงวัน
öğleöğle vakti
buổi trưa
中午正午

noon

[nuːn]
A. Nmediodía m
at noona mediodía
high noon (= midday) → mediodía m (fig) (= peak) → apogeo m, punto m culminante; (= critical point) → momento m crucial
B. CPDde mediodía
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

noon

[ˈnuːn]
nmidi m
at noon → à midi
adj [sun] → de midi
a noon deadline
The transfer is expected to go through by today's noon deadline → Le virement devrait être effectué avant l'heure limite, à savoir aujourd'hui midi.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

noon

nMittag m; at noonum 12 Uhr mittags
adj12-Uhr-; deadlinebis 12 Uhr; noon flight12-Uhr-Flug m

noon

:
noontide
n (liter) = noontime
noontime (esp US)
nMittagszeit f, → Mittagsstunde f (geh); at noonum die Mittagsstunde (geh)
adj meal, sun, light, class, service, crowdzur Mittagszeit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

noon

[nuːn] nmezzogiorno
at noon → a mezzogiorno
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

noon

(nuːn) noun
twelve o'clock midday. They arrived at noon.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

noon

ظُهْر, مُنْتَصَفُ الّنَهَارِ poledne middag Mittag μεσημέρι mediodía keskipäivä midi podne mezzogiorno 正午, 真昼 정오 middag klokka tolv, midt på dagen południe meio-dia полдень klockan tolv på dagen, mitt på dagen เที่ยงวัน öğle buổi trưa 中午, 正午
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

noon

n. mediodía.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

noon

n mediodía m
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