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noon en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /nuːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /nʉn/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /nun/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
    • On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.
    • The fire was put out by around 8:10 a.m. by the Rockdale County Fire Rescue. But around noon, another fire erupted, according to the CSB. 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN:
    • The race is due to start at noon sharp.
    • The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. 1933, Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon. ▸ The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
    • So the sad mother at the noon of night / From bloody Memphis stole her silent flight […]. 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 116:
    • When night was at its noon I heard a voice chanting the Koran in sweetest accents […]. 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 17:
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The highest point; culmination.
    • In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

Forms

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noons Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

midnight (antonym(s) of “middle of the day”)

Deriveds

forenoon · beforenoon · high noon · midnoon · noonsie · noonlight · noonstead · nuncheon · noon gun · John-go-to-bed-at-noon · noonflower · noonday · noon-flower · noon balloon · solar noon · nap-at-noon · noon fly · noontime · good noon · nooner · noonmeat · morning-noon-and-night · noonly · noonish · prenoon · noon-time · sleep-at-noon · Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon · noonmark

Synonyms

midday (midpoint of the day) · twelve · noon of night (midnight) · noontide · nones (ninth hour of daylight) · capstone (highest point) · nones

Translations (222)

nan-hbl 中晝 /中昼 (midday) · tt өйлә (midday) · ia meridie (midday) · la merīdiēs (midday) · de Mittag (midday) · mi poupoutanga o te rā (midday) · hil ugtu (midday) · inh делкъе (midday) · tl n.t. (midday) · sw mchana (midday) · ca migdia (midday) · kk түс (midday) · ar نِصْف النَّهَار (midday) · tl tanghali (midday) · ml മദ്ധ്യാഹ്നം (midday) · ar قَائِلَة (midday) · nn middag (midday) · zza dehir (midday) · is miðdegi (midday) · ug چۈش ۋاقتى (midday) · mzn چاشتسری (midday) · mba maogto (midday) · ce делкъе (midday) · hi दोपहर (midday) · mzn چاشت (midday) · la nona (midday) · ko(midday) · sc mesu die (midday) · gl medodía (midday) · ka შუადღე (midday) · io dimezo (midday) · is hádegi (midday) · kne alas dosi (midday) · ota اویله (midday) · fon hwemɛ (midday) · oc miègjorn (midday) · fi puolipäivä (midday) · kne kag-aw (midday) · ms تڠه هاري (midday) · mt nofsinhar (midday) · uk по́лудень (midday) · arz ظهر (midday) · gl meridía (midday) · nap mieziuorne (midday) · izh poolipäivä (midday) · tyv дүш (midday) · gan 當晝 /当昼 (midday) · fa-ira ظُهْر (midday) · plw ugtu (midday) · ug چۈش (midday) · alt тӱш (midday) · os ӕмбисбон (midday) · mfe midi (midday) · nay gauwel (midday) · lb Mëtteg (midday) · ht midi (midday) · sa मध्याह्न (midday) · id siang (midday) · cdo 中晝 /中昼 (midday) · xdq да́гери (midday) · sw saa sita (midday) · tg зуҳр (midday) · id tengah hari (midday) · et keskpäev (midday) · ast meudía (midday) · kmr nîvro (midday) · fy middei (midday) · mi tūhoetanga (midday) · lo ຈຳງາຍ (midday) · br kreisteiz (midday) · pl południe (midday) · no non (midday) · ro amiază (midday) · ro mijloc de zi (midday) · mk пладне (midday) · acw ظُهُر (midday) · sk poludnie (midday) · la medium diei (midday) · mi poutūmārō (midday) · dng шонву (midday) · ms تڠاري (midday) · lo ເວລາທ່ຽງມື້ (midday) · tpn asaîé (midday) · be по́ўдзень (midday) · ab шыбжьон (midday) · tt төш (midday) · io jornomezo (midday) · gd meadhan-là (midday) · as দুপৰীয়া (midday) · ast mediudía (midday) · ur ظُہْر (midday) · my နေ့လယ် (midday) · tg нимрӯз (midday) · ms tengari (midday) · crh üyle (midday) · cy hanner dydd (midday) · lo ທ່ຽງ (midday) · tr öğle (midday) · lad midi (midday) · ar ظَهِيرَة (midday) · it mezzogiorno (midday) · kk талтүс (midday) · ja 真昼 (midday) · sl poldan (midday) · prs ظُهْر (midday) · nv ałnéʼéʼaah (midday) · da middag (midday) · rap hora kai (midday) · ar رَوَاح (midday) · el μεσημέρι (midday) · ro miezul zilei (midday) · lo ມັດທະຍັນ (midday) · my မွန်းတည့် (midday) · mi poutūmārōtanga (midday) · nrf méjeu (midday) · ur دوپَہَر (midday) · as দিপৰীয়া (midday) · myv пелечи (midday) · sv mitt på dagen (midday) · bg пла́дне (midday) · mr दुपार (midday) · prs نِیمْروز (midday) · ru по́лдень (midday) · cmn 中午 (midday) · ba төш (midday) · fo middagur (midday) · hu dél (midday) · rsk поладнє (midday) · km មជ្ឈន្តិកកាល (midday) · uk пі́вдень (midday) · lv dienas vidus (midday) · es mediodía (midday) · mhn mitto (midday) · bg о́бед (midday) · zu imini (midday) · ko 정오 (midday) · km ត្រង់ (midday) · cy canol dydd (midday) · th เที่ยง (midday) · cmn 正午 (midday) · ml ഉച്ച (midday) · he צׇהֳרַיִם (midday) · sq drekëherë (midday) · nl middag (midday) · sv middag (midday) · gl meiodía (midday) · bg обя́д (midday) · av къалъулгӏуж (midday) · yue 正午 (midday) · ccc yas̈htijka mo'sojko (midday) · te మధ్యాహ్నము (midday) · hy կեսօր (midday) · tr günorta (midday) · ckb نیوەڕۆ (midday) · cic tabookoli (midday) · pt meio-dia (midday) · sw adhuuri (midday) · nan-hbl 下晝 /下昼 (midday) · izh syänpäivä (midday) · eu eguerdi (midday) · yi מיטאָג (midday) · ceb udto (midday) · sh по́дне (midday) · km ថ្ងៃត្រង់ (midday) · bcl udto (midday) · th เที่ยงวัน (midday) · mn үд (midday) · la meridianum tempus (midday) · alt тал тӱш (midday) · cs poledne (midday) · fi keskipäivä (midday) · ms tengah hari (midday) · alt јарым кӱн (midday) · lt vidurdienis (midday) · nb middag (midday) · alt орто тӱш (midday) · grc μεσημβρία (midday) · ee ŋdɔ (midday) · ar نِصْف نَهَار (midday) · uz tush vaqti (midday) · yue 中午 (midday) · la sexta (midday) · uz tush (midday) · liv pǟvasidām (midday) · slr öyle (midday) · ain トノㇱキ (midday) · eo tagmezo (midday) · haw awakea (midday) · zza hel (diq) (midday) · vi buổi trưa (midday) · lad mediodia (midday) · sip ཉིན་གུང (midday) · ga nóin (midday) · ga meán lae (midday) · ja 正午 (midday) · be по́лудзень (midday) · syl ꠝꠣꠗꠣꠘ (midday) · fa-ira نیمْروز (midday) · mn өдөр дунд (midday) · vi trưa (midday) · tk günorta (midday) · pdt Meddach (midday) · km ឧទ្ទិន (midday) · vo zedel (midday) · az günorta (midday) · ky түш (midday) · ps غرمه (midday) · fr midi (midday) · cv кӑнтӑрла (midday) · ang middæġ (midday) · sq drekë (midday) · mnc ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠨ (midday) · ar ظهر (midday) · wuu 中午 (midday) · pam ugtu (midday) · bo ཉིན་གུང (midday) · sw adhuhuri (midday) · kum гюнорта (midday) · ia mediedie (midday) · sq mesditë (midday) · sh pódne (midday) · lv pusdiena (midday)

noon en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /nuːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /nʉn/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /nun/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To relax or sleep around midday.
    • Well, we crossed and nooned, lying around on purpose to give them a good lead, and when we hit the trail back in these sand-hills, there he was, not a mile ahead, and you can see there was no chance to get around 1906, Andy Adams, The Double Trail:
    • We presently turned just aside from the trail into an episode of beautiful prairie, one of a succession along the plateau at the crest of the range. At this height of about five thousand feet, the snows remain until June. In this fair, oval, forest-circled prairie of my nooning, the grass was long and succulent, as if it grew in the bed of a drained lake. 1853, Theodore Winthrop, The Canoe and the Saddle:
    • Between six and nine we made ten miles, which was plenty for a horse carrying triple—man, woman, and armor; then we stopped for a long nooning under some trees by a limpid brook. 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Chapter XX:
    • They nooned at a spring and squatted about the cold and blackened sticks of some former fire and ate cold beans and tortillas out of a newspaper. 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 157:

Forms

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noons Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
nooning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nooned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nooned Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

sleep

noon en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /nuːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /nʉn/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /nun/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Forms

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noons Number=Plur lexicographic