midnight

Senso (Inglese)

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.

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

minuit

Mitternacht

middernacht

medianoche

gece yarısı

media noche

minuit

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmɪdnʌɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: midnight

Ereditato da inglese antico: midniht

Affine saterfriesisch: Midnoacht

Affine tedesco antico alto: mittinaht

Affine danese: midnat

Affine svedese: midnatt

Affine islandese: miðnætti

Affine saterfriesisch: Middernoacht

Affine olandese: middernacht

Affine tedesco: 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”).

Frasi

It was now near midnight .

Adesso era vicino a mezzanotte.