minuit

Meaning

midnight

Concepts

midnight

late night

dead of night

12 am

12:00 a.m.

minuit

noon

twelve o’clock

ground

world

mi

Frequency

B1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mi.nɥi/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mynuyt, from Old French mie nuit, from mie, feminine singular of mi (“half, half way”) + nuit (“night”). Equivalent to mi- + nuit. Compare Occitan mièjanuèch, mièjanuèit, Catalan mitjanit, Portuguese meia-noite, Spanish medianoche, Italian mezzanotte, Romanian miazănoapte.

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