midnight

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
2. (countable, uncountable) Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
3. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

Adj

Utterly dark or black.

Teenoorgestelde van

noon, midday

Sinonieme

dead of night

depth of night

noon

🕛

night

🌃

middle of the night

twelve o’clock

late night

midday

nighttime

nocturnal

noonday

noone

noontide

noontime

midnight blue

black of night

night time

thick darkness

noon-time

12 am

12:00 a.m.

minuit

at night

Nighthaw

bedtime

darkness

evening

🌆

half

high noon

mi

Vertalings

minuit

Mitternacht

mezzanotte

middernacht

medianoche

mitjanit

meia-noite

gece yarısı

μεσάνυχτα

mièjanuèch

منتصف الليل

media nox

Mitte der Nacht

μσάνυχτα

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɪdnʌɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: midnight

Geërf van Old English: midniht

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Midnoacht

Verwante met Old High German: mittinaht

Verwante met Deens: midnat

Verwante met Sweeds: midnatt

Verwante met Yslands: miðnætti

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Middernoacht

Verwante met Nederlands: middernacht

Verwante met Duits: Mitternacht

In summary

From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).

Sinne

It was now near midnight .