midnight

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

minuit

Mitternacht

middernacht

medianoche

gece yarısı

media noche

minuit

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɪdnʌɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: midnight

Heretat de anglès antic: midniht

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Midnoacht

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: mittinaht

Cognat amb danès: midnat

Cognat amb suec: midnatt

Cognat amb islandès: miðnætti

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Middernoacht

Cognat amb neerlandès: middernacht

Cognat amb alemany: 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”).

Frases

It was now near midnight .