noon.
The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
Meaning & usage
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. The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.
The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
The highest point; culmination.
Where this word comes from
From 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.
To relax or sleep around midday.
Where this word comes from
From 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.
The letter ن in the Arabic script.
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