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forenoon

noun · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːnuːn/
  • General-American: /ˈfɔɹnun/
  • /ˈfo(ː)ɹnuːn/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ˈfoənuːn/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morning

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the time period between dawn and noon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I spent the morning running errands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morning, morn, morning time

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

History

Etymology

From Middle English forenone, equivalent to fore- + noon.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: эртен (erten) — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Arabic: ضُحًا (ḍuḥan) — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Bulgarian: предобед (predobed) — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Czech: dopoledne — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Danish: formiddag — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Esperanto: antaŭtagmezo — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Finnish: aamupäivä — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Finnish: aamu — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Finnish: huomen — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Gagauz: kuşluk — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • German: Vormittag — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Hebrew: לִפְנֵי הַצָּהֳרַיִם (lifney hatsohorayim) — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Hindi: पूर्वाह्न (pūrvāhna) — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Hungarian: délelőtt — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Icelandic: hádegi — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Icelandic: fyrirmiðdagur — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Latvian: priekšpusdiena — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Polish: przedpołudnie — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Russian: у́тро (útro) — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Salar: goşluq — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Slovak: predpoludnie — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Swedish: förmiddag — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Turkish: kuşluk — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Turkmen: guşluk — forenoon - part of the day before noon
  • Urdu: چاشْت (cāśt) — forenoon - part of the day before noon