Phrase guide

dead of night

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Middle of the night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deep of night, 00:00, 12 o'clock, 12 midnight, 12 a.m., 24:00, dead of night, midnight, noon, noon of night

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: holst van de nacht — middle of the night
  • Finnish: yösydän — middle of the night
  • Finnish: sydänyö — middle of the night
  • Galician: noite pecha — middle of the night
  • German: but see mitten in der Nacht — middle of the night
  • Hungarian: éjnek évada — middle of the night
  • Icelandic: but see um miðja nótt — middle of the night
  • Irish: uair mharbh na hoíche — middle of the night
  • Italian: notte fonda — middle of the night
  • Latvian: dziļa nakts — middle of the night
  • Macedonian: глува доба (gluva doba) — middle of the night
  • Polish: środek nocy — middle of the night
  • Portuguese: calada da noite — middle of the night
  • Portuguese: noite morta — middle of the night
  • Spanish: plena noche — middle of the night
  • Spanish: noche cerrada — middle of the night
  • Turkish: gecenin körü — middle of the night