noon
Betekenis (Engels)
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- The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
- The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
- The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
- (obsolete) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
- The highest point; culmination.
Concepten
twaalf uur
‘s middags
Synoniemen
mid-day
twelve o’clock
twelve noon
12:00 a.m.
lunch time
minuit
at noon
noon-day
be midday
12 am
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/nuːn/
Etymologie (Engels)
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.
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