midnight
Utterly dark or blackUtterly dark or black.
» Tom went to bed at midnight.
Tom ging um Mitternacht ins Bett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том пішов спати опівночі. — older
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1 senses(not comparable, poetic)Utterly dark or black.
Examples
551 sentencesTom went to bed at midnight.
Том пішов спати опівночі. — older
deTom ging um Mitternacht ins Bett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom will be executed at midnight.
Тома стратять опівночі. — deniko
We never go to sleep before midnight.
Ми ніколи не засинаємо раніше опівночі. — deniko
ruМы никогда не засыпаем раньше полуночи. — odexed
Tom is going to be executed at midnight.
Тома стратять опівночі. — deniko
I don't always go to bed before midnight.
Я не завжди йду спати раніше опівночі. — deniko
ruЯ не всегда ложусь спать до полуночи. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).
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Collocations
12 patterns- bed before midnight
- until after midnight
- until midnight
- past midnight
- sleep before midnight
- home by midnight
- just after midnight
- up past midnight
- till midnight
- just before midnight
- home after midnight
- home before midnight