noon
The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the skyThe time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
» We usually have lunch at noon.
Мы обычно обедаем в полдень.
Мы обычно обедаем в двенадцать.
Зазвичай ми обідаємо опівдні.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.
The race is due to start at noon sharp.
The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
(countable, uncountable)The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.
Mittag
по́лденьpóldenʹ
по́луденьpóludenʹ, пі́вденьpívdenʹ
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The highest point; culmination.
The letter ن in the Arabic script.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
the middle of the day
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
Examples
483 sentencesWe usually have lunch at noon.
Зазвичай ми обідаємо опівдні. — Sashka
ruМы обычно обедаем в полдень. — odexed
We began our work at noon.
Ми почали працювати опівдні. — hectorvk
ruМы начали нашу работу в полдень. — Lenin_1917
The train is due at noon.
Поїзд має прибути опiвднi. — rmdas
ruПоезд должен быть в полдень. — Hellerick
We have lunch at noon every day.
Ми обідаємо щодня опівдні. — deniko
ruМы обедаем каждый день в полдень. — sharptoothed
deWir essen jeden Tag um 12 Uhr zu Mittag. — Manfredo
Tom will be at home until noon.
Том буде вдома до полудня. — deniko
deTom wird bis Mittag zu Hause sein. — wolfgangth
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a GermaFrom Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.
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Forms
plural: noonsSynonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- until noon
- sleep until noon
- lunch at noon
- home until noon
- bed until noon
- that before noon
- here until noon
- here by noon
- till noon
- up until noon
- come at noon
- around noon