minuit

Concepts

midnight

midnight

late night

noon

🕛

world

🗺️

dead of night

ground

twelve o’clock

12 am

12:00 a.m.

minuit

mi

Synonyms

nuit

🌃

nuit avancée

Minuit

min.

Translations

Mitternacht

mezzanotte

medianoche

mitjanit

middernacht

meia-noite

gece yarısı

μεσάνυχτα

mièjanuèch

منتصف الليل

mièjanuèit

media nox

media noche

meia noite

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mi.nɥi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: mynuyt

Inherited from Old French: mie nuit

Cognate with Occitan: mièjanuèch, mièjanuèit

Cognate with Catalan: mitjanit

Cognate with Portuguese: meia-noite

Cognate with Spanish: medianoche

Cognate with Italian: mezzanotte

Cognate with Romanian: miazănoapte

In summary

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.