midnight

CEFRA2

/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Twelve o'clock at night.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • During summer breaks, I ate dinner at midnight.

  • She heard the clock strike midnight.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt]
  • [ˈmɪd̚ˌnɐɪt]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

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

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Utterly dark or black.

More examples

In context

  • The fire broke out toward midnight.

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

  • And vpon the first day of the weeke, when the disciples came together to breake bread, Paul preached vnto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his speach vntill midnight.

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Origin

noun

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”).