midday

English

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“mid-day, 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”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

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Noun

midday (countable and uncountable; plural middays)

1. noon; twelve o'clock during the day

Antonyms

• midnight, nove

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, evening, dusk, night, midnight

Translations

12 o'clock during the day — see noon