midnight
Twelve o'clock at night exactlyTwelve o'clock at night exactly.
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» Tom went to bed at midnight.
Tom ging um Mitternacht ins Bett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том пішов спати опівночі. — older
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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
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
Mitternacht
по́лночьpólnočʹ
пі́внічpívnič
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
(countable, uncountable)The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.
Mitternacht
по́лночьpólnočʹ
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).
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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Forms
plural: midnightsSynonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- bed before midnight
- until after midnight
- until midnight
- past midnight
- sleep before midnight
- home by midnight
- it's almost midnight
- just after midnight
- up past midnight
- till midnight
- just before midnight
- home after midnight
See also
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