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daytime

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdeɪtaɪm/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Happening during the day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • daytime television

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dawn turned night into day
  • it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: day, daylight

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

Narrower terms: afternoon, midafternoon, evening, eve, even, eventide

History

Etymology

From day + time.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: dagtid — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Hungarian: nappali — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Hungarian: napközbeni — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Hungarian: napközi — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Russian: дневно́й (dnevnój) — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Spanish: diurno — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Swedish: dagtid — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Ukrainian: де́нний (dénnyj) — pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day
  • Russian: дневно́й (dnevnój) — happening during the day
  • Spanish: diurno — happening during the day
  • Ukrainian: де́нний (dénnyj) — happening during the day
  • Southern Altai: кӱндӱс (kündüs) — the time of daylight
  • Arabic: نَهَارُ (nahāru) — the time of daylight
  • Algerian Arabic: نهار (nhār) — the time of daylight
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmama) — the time of daylight
  • Aramaic: איממא (īmāmā, īmomo) — the time of daylight
  • Aramaic: ܐܝܡܡܐ (īmāmā, īmomo) — the time of daylight
  • Armenian: ցերեկ (cʻerek) — the time of daylight
  • Armenian: օր (ōr) — the time of daylight
  • Armenian: տիվ (tiv) — the time of daylight
  • Azerbaijani: gündüz — the time of daylight
  • Central Bikol: aldaw — the time of daylight
  • Catalan: dia — the time of daylight
  • Chichewa: msaná — the time of daylight
  • Chichewa: usana — the time of daylight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白天 (báitiān) — the time of daylight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日間 /日间 (rìjiān) — the time of daylight
  • Crimean Tatar: kündüz — the time of daylight
  • Danish: dagtid — the time of daylight
  • Esperanto: tage — the time of daylight
  • Finnish: päiväsaika — the time of daylight
  • French: journée — the time of daylight
  • French: jour — the time of daylight
  • Galician: día — the time of daylight
  • German: heller Tag — the time of daylight
  • German: Tageszeit — the time of daylight
  • Hungarian: nappal — the time of daylight
  • Ido: jorno — the time of daylight
  • Indonesian: siang — the time of daylight
  • Indonesian: siang hari — the time of daylight
  • Italian: giornata — the time of daylight
  • Italian: dì — the time of daylight
  • Japanese: 昼間 (hiruma) — the time of daylight
  • Javanese: awan — the time of daylight
  • Javanese: siyang — the time of daylight
  • Javanese: rina — the time of daylight
  • Javanese: rinten — the time of daylight
  • Old Javanese: dinakāla — the time of daylight
  • Old Javanese: siyaṅ — the time of daylight
  • Korean: 하루 (haru) — the time of daylight
  • Korean: 낮 (nat) — the time of daylight
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژگار (rojgar) — the time of daylight
  • Latin: dies — the time of daylight
  • Malay: siang — the time of daylight
  • Malayalam: പകൽ സമയം (pakal samayaṁ) — the time of daylight
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ānyìh — the time of daylight
  • Old English: dæġtīd — the time of daylight
  • Old English: dæġtīma — the time of daylight
  • Portuguese: dia — the time of daylight
  • Romanian: zi — the time of daylight
  • Russian: день (denʹ) — the time of daylight
  • Russian: дневно́е вре́мя (dnevnóje vrémja) — the time of daylight
  • Spanish: día — the time of daylight
  • Swedish: dagtid — the time of daylight
  • Tamil: பகல் (pakal) — the time of daylight
  • Thai: กลางวัน (glaang-wan) — the time of daylight
  • Turkish: gündüz — the time of daylight
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوندوز (gündüz) — the time of daylight
  • Vietnamese: ban ngày — the time of daylight
  • Welsh: dydd — the time of daylight
  • Zulu: ilanga — the time of daylight
  • ǃXóõ: gòhba — the time of daylight
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