noon

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

noons

1.
(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.
2.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)(now rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
4.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) The highest point; culmination.
5.
The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

noons

V_ing/Gerund

nooning

V_ed/pp

nooned

1.
(intransitive)To relax or sleep around midday.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

nones midday noontide twelvenoon of nightcapstoneninth hour of daylight nones

Trái nghĩa

midnightmiddle of the day midnight

Cùng gốc / liên quan

beforenoonforenoonmidnoon noondaynoonernoonflower noonish noonlightnoonlynoonmarknoonmeatnoonsienoonstead noontime nuncheon prenoonhigh noonJack-go-to-bed-at-noonmorning-noon-and-nightnoon balloon

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (the ninth hour), from a Germanic borrowing of classical la nōna ninth hour (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (ninth). Cognate with noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.