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twelve o'clock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (qualifier:In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock, uncountable, usually) The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00).
   • The next train comes at twelve o'clock (= "The next train comes at noon").
2. (qualifier:Only in the 12-hour clock, uncountable, usually) The start of the first hour of the day; midnight; 12:00 a.m. (00:00).
   • The bar closes at twelve o'clock (= "The bar closes at midnight").
3. (informal, uncountable, usually) A position straight ahead (horizontal clock orientation) or above (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 12 mark on a clock face)
   • We've got a bogey at twelve o'clock (= "We've got a bogey straight in front of us").

Forms

Translations (26)

gd dà uair dheug (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · cmn 十二點鐘 /十二点钟 (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · pl dwunasta (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · la hora duodecima (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · fi kello kaksitoista (yöllä) (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · fr douze heures (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · sv klockan tolv (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · pl dwunasta (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · ca les dotze (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · gd dà uair dheug (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · gl as doce (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · fi kello kaksitoista (päivällä) (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · pt doze horas (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · es las doce (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · es las doce (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · cmn 十二點 /十二点 (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · sv midnatt (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · sv klockan tolv (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · ja 十二時 (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · de zwölf Uhr (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · el μεσάνυχτα (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · fi kaksitoista (yöllä) (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · ko 열두시 (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · fi kaksitoista (päivällä) (start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.) — see also midday, noon) · fr douze heures (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight) · de zwölf Uhr (start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.) — see also midnight)