Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
One indicates the time as one hour after twelve midday or midnight.
the middle of the day
Examples
64 sentencesThe post comes before midday.
Пошта приходить до полудня.
deDie Post kommt vormittags.
The midday sun is beating down.
The meeting went on until midday.
ruСобрание продолжалось до полудня.
deDie Versammlung ging bis zum Mittag.
She now needs her midday nap.
I arrived in Tokyo at midday.
deIch bin um zwölf Uhr mittags in Tokyo angekommen.
Origin
From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- +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”).
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Forms
plural: middaysSynonyms
19 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable