noon

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
2. (countable, uncountable) The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The highest point; culmination.

Verb

To relax or sleep around midday.

Concepts

midi

🕛

journée

après-midi

jour

midi

🕛

minuit

mois

soir

🌆

soirée

🌆

zénith

heure de midi

méridien

Synonymes

midday

noontime

noonday

meridian

afternoon

daytime

mid-day

noontide

day

midnight

high noon

twelve o’clock

midday

lunch

meridional

midafternoon

zenith

twelve noon

lunchtime

even

noone

nooning

dinner

daylight

p.m.

south

12:00 a.m.

arvo

lunch time

minuit

at noon

afternoons

n.

noon-day

be midday

noon-time

arvy

12 am

half

evening

🌆

night

🌃

Traductions

mezzogiorno

mediodía

🕛

Mittag

🕛

middag

meio-dia

🕛

migdia

μεσημέρι

öğle

🕛

noen

🕛

meridies

mezzodì

ظُهْر

ظهر

meriggio

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nuːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: noen

Hérité de ancien anglais: nōn

Appartenant à néerlandais: noen

In summary

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.

Phrases

Perhaps , we could meet at the institute around noon since I have a few things I need to attend to first .

Peut-être que nous pourrions nous rencontrer à l'institut vers midi, car j'ai quelques choses à laquelle je dois d'abord assister.