midday

English

Alternative forms

• mid-day

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- +‎ day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪdˈdeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

midday (countable and uncountable, plural middays)

1. Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
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Synonyms

• nones, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday

Antonyms

• midnight; see also Thesaurus:midnight

Translations

12 o'clock during the day — see noon

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Anagrams

• mydaid