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midnight.

The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/[ˈmɪd̚naɪt]Received-Pronunciation[ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt]British, Southern, Standard[ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt]British, Southern, Standard

  1. The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

    countable · uncountable
    Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.

  2. Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

    countable · uncountable

  3. Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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”).

adj/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/[ˈmɪd̚naɪt]Received-Pronunciation[ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt]British, Southern, Standard[ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt]British, Southern, Standard

  1. Utterly dark or black.

    not-comparable · poetic
Where this word comes from

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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