midday
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
midday (countable and uncountable, plural middays)
- noon; twelve o'clock during the day
SynonymsEdit
- nones, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday
AntonymsEdit
- midnight; see also Thesaurus:midnight
TranslationsEdit
12 o'clock during the day — see noon
See alsoEdit
- (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight (Category: en:Times of day)