English Explanatory Dictionary

midday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/mɪdˈdeɪ/ /ˈmɪd.deɪ/ en-us-midday.ogg En-uk-midday.ogg

Word forms

midday middays 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”).

Synonyms

nones noontide 12 o'clock 12 noon 12 p.m. high noon meridian meridiem midday noon noonday noontime noon-time sext twelve undern undermeal undertide

Antonyms

midnight

Related words

early morning dawn first light postdawn morning afternoon evening dusk night
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