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
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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