noontime

Meaning

1. Noon.
2. Approximately noon.
3. (figuratively) The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day).

Synonyms

noon

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midday

noonday

noontide

meridian

high noon

noon-time

meridional

midnight

noone

twelve o’clock

Translations

mediodía

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Mittag

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middag

midi

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meio-dia

🕛

noen

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öğle vakti

μεσημέρι

mezzogiorno

mezzodÌ

miègjorn

meridies

mezzodì

migdia

Etymology

Cognate with English: noontide

Cognate with Middle English: noon tijd

Cognate with Old English: nōntīd

In summary

From noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd (“noontime”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion (“noontime”) from Old French meriiene, merīane (“noontime”).