noon
English
/nuːn/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
- time of Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- (obsolete) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
- (figurative) The highest point; culmination.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English noen inherited from Old English nōn (the ninth hour, noon).
Origin
Old English
nōn
Gloss
the ninth hour, noon
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
午
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afternoon English
- afternoonish English
- before English
- beforenoon English
- day English
- flower English
- forenoon English
- light English
- mark English
- meat English
- midafternoon English
- midnoon English
- noon-time English
- noonday English
- nooner English
- noonflower English
- nooning English
- noonish English
- noonlight English
- noonly English
- noonmark English
- noonmeat English
- noons English
- noonsie English
- noonstead English
- noontide English
- noontime English
- nuncheon English
- prenoon English
- shink English
- stead English
- tide English
- time English
- achternoen Dutch, Flemish
- noen Dutch, Flemish
- noenestond Dutch, Flemish
- nōn Old English
- afternone Middle English
- forenone Middle English
- noen Middle English
- nonshench Middle English
- noon tijd Middle English
- none Middle Dutch
- apinun Tok Pisin
- aftenun Bislama