Standard Lemma guide

noon

name · noun · verb · 11 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /nuːn/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /nun/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /nʉn/
  • rhymes with -uːn
  • CMU ARPABET: N UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.
  • The race is due to start at noon sharp.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The highest point; culmination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

noun

Meaning 7

The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

An ethnic people who occupy western Senegal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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9

noun

Meaning 9

The language of these people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To relax or sleep around midday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

the middle of the day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hour, time of day

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: шыбжьон (ŝəbžon) — midday
  • Ainu: トノㇱキ (tonoski) — midday
  • Albanian: drekë — midday
  • Albanian: mesditë — midday
  • Albanian: drekëherë — midday
  • Southern Altai: тал тӱш (tal tüš) — midday
  • Southern Altai: орто тӱш (orto tüš) — midday
  • Southern Altai: тӱш (tüš) — midday
  • Southern Altai: јарым кӱн (ǰarïm kün) — midday
  • Arabic: ظهر — midday
  • Arabic: ظَهِيرَة (ẓahīra) — midday
  • Arabic: رَوَاح (rawāḥ) — midday
  • Arabic: قَائِلَة (qāʔila) — midday
  • Arabic: نِصْف نَهَار (niṣf nahār) — midday
  • Arabic: نِصْف النَّهَار (niṣf an-nahār) — midday
  • Arabic: ظهر (ḍohr) — midday
  • Arabic: ظُهُر (ḍuhur) — midday
  • Armenian: կեսօր (kesōr) — midday
  • Assamese: দুপৰীয়া (duporia) — midday
  • Assamese: দিপৰীয়া (diporia) — midday
  • Asturian: meudía — midday
  • Asturian: mediudía — midday
  • Avar: къалъулгӏуж (qxʼalsulʻuž) — midday
  • Azerbaijani: günorta — midday
  • Bashkir: төш (töş) — midday
  • Basque: eguerdi — midday
  • Belarusian: по́ўдзень (pówdzjenʹ) — midday
  • Belarusian: по́лудзень (póludzjenʹ) — midday
  • Central Bikol: udto — midday
  • Breton: kreisteiz — midday
  • Bulgarian: пла́дне (pládne) — midday
  • Bulgarian: о́бед (óbed) — midday
  • Bulgarian: обя́д (objád) — midday
  • Burmese: နေ့လယ် (ne.lai) — midday
  • Burmese: မွန်းတည့် (mwan:tany.) — midday
  • Catalan: migdia — midday
  • Cebuano: udto — midday
  • Chamicuro: yas̈htijka mo'sojko — midday
  • Chechen: делкъе (delqʼe) — midday
  • Chickasaw: tabookoli — midday
  • Chinese Cantonese: 中午 (zung1 ng5) — midday
  • Chinese Cantonese: 正午 — midday
  • Chinese: шонву (šonvu) — midday
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 中晝 /中昼 (dŏng-dáu) — midday
  • Gan Chinese: 當晝 /当昼 (tong1 'jiu4) — midday
  • Chinese: 下晝 /下昼 (zh-min-nan) — midday
  • Chinese: 中晝 /中昼 (zh-min-nan) — midday
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中午 (zhōngwǔ) — midday
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正午 (zhèngwǔ) — midday
  • Wu Chinese: 中午 (1tson-wu) — midday
  • Chuvash: кӑнтӑрла (kănt̬ărla) — midday
  • Crimean Tatar: üyle — midday
  • Czech: poledne — midday
  • Danish: middag — midday
  • Dutch: middag — midday
  • Erzya: пелечи (peleči) — midday
  • Esperanto: tagmezo — midday
  • Estonian: keskpäev — midday
  • Ewe: ŋdɔ — midday
  • Faroese: middagur — midday
  • Finnish: keskipäivä — midday
  • Finnish: puolipäivä — midday
  • Fon: hwemɛ — midday
  • French: midi — midday
  • West-Frisian: middei — midday
  • Galician: medodía — midday
  • Galician: meridía — midday
  • Galician: meiodía — midday
  • Georgian: შუადღე (šuadɣe) — midday
  • German: Mittag — midday
  • Greek: μεσημέρι (mesiméri) — midday
  • Ancient Greek: μεσημβρία (mesēmbría) — midday
  • Haitian Creole: midi — midday
  • Hawaiian: awakea — midday
  • Hebrew: צׇהֳרַיִם (tsohoráyim) — midday
  • Higaonon: maogto — midday
  • Hiligaynon: ugtu — midday
  • Hindi: दोपहर (dophar) — midday
  • Hungarian: dél — midday
  • Icelandic: hádegi — midday
  • Icelandic: miðdegi — midday
  • Ido: dimezo — midday
  • Ido: jornomezo — midday
  • Indonesian: siang — midday
  • Indonesian: tengah hari — midday
  • Ingrian: syänpäivä — midday
  • Ingrian: poolipäivä — midday
  • Ingush: делкъе (delqʼe) — midday
  • Interlingua: mediedie — midday
  • Interlingua: meridie — midday
  • Irish: nóin — midday
  • Irish: meán lae — midday
  • Italian: mezzogiorno — midday
  • Japanese: 正午 (shōgo) — midday
  • Japanese: 真昼 (mahiru) — midday
  • Kaitag: да́гери (dágeri) — midday
  • Kankanaey: alas dosi — midday
  • Kankanaey: kag-aw — midday
  • Kapampangan: ugtu — midday
  • Kazakh: талтүс (taltüs) — midday
  • Kazakh: түс (tüs) — midday
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃត្រង់ (thngay trɑng) — midday
  • Khmer: ត្រង់ (trɑng) — midday
  • Khmer: ឧទ្ទិន (ʼuttɨn) — midday
  • Khmer: មជ្ឈន្តិកកាល (macchŏəntekaʼkaal) — midday
  • Korean: 정오 (jeong'o) — midday
  • Korean: 낮 (nat) — midday
  • Kumyk: гюнорта (günorta) — midday
  • Central Kurdish: نیوەڕۆ (nîwerro) — midday
  • Northern Kurdish: nîvro — midday
  • Kyrgyz: түш (tüş) — midday
  • Ladino: mediodia — midday
  • Ladino: midi — midday
  • Lao: ເວລາທ່ຽງມື້ (wē lā thīang mư̄) — midday
  • Lao: ທ່ຽງ (thīang) — midday
  • Lao: ຈໍາງາຍ (cham ngāi) — midday
  • Lao: ມັດທະຍັນ (mat tha nyan) — midday
  • Latin: merīdiēs — midday
  • Latin: meridianum tempus — midday
  • Latin: medium diei — midday
  • Latin: sexta — midday
  • Latin: nona — midday
  • Latvian: dienas vidus — midday
  • Latvian: pusdiena — midday
  • Lithuanian: vidurdienis — midday
  • Livonian: pǟvasidām — midday
  • Luxembourgish: Mëtteg — midday
  • Macedonian: пладне (pladne) — midday
  • Malay: تڠه هاري — midday
  • Malay: تڠاري — midday
  • Malay: tengah hari — midday
  • Malay: tengari — midday
  • Malayalam: ഉച്ച (ucca) — midday
  • Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യാഹ്നം (maddhyāhnaṁ) — midday
  • Maltese: nofsinhar — midday
  • Manchu: ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠨ (inenggi dulin) — midday
  • Māori: poupoutanga o te rā — midday
  • Māori: poutūmārō — midday
  • Māori: poutūmārōtanga — midday
  • Māori: tūhoetanga — midday
  • Marathi: दुपार (dupār) — midday
  • Mauritian Creole: midi — midday
  • Mazanderani: چاشت (cašt) — midday
  • Mazanderani: چاشتسری (caštseri) — midday
  • Mòcheno: mitto — midday
  • Mongolian: үд (üd) — midday
  • Mongolian: өдөр дунд (ödör dund) — midday
  • Navajo: ałnéʼéʼaah — midday
  • Neapolitan: mieziuorne — midday
  • Ngarrindjeri: gauwel — midday
  • Norman: méjeu — midday
  • Norwegian: non — midday
  • Norwegian Bokmål: middag — midday
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: middag — midday
  • Occitan: miègjorn — midday
  • Old English: middæġ — midday
  • Ossetian: ӕмбисбон (æmbisbon) — midday
  • Brooke's Point Palawano: ugtu — midday
  • Pannonian Rusyn: поладнє (poladnje) — midday
  • Pashto: غرمه (ğarma) — midday
  • Dari: ظُهْر (zuhr) — midday
  • Dari: نِیمْروز (nīmrōz) — midday
  • Iranian Persian: ظُهْر (zohr) — midday
  • Iranian Persian: نیمْروز (nimruz) — midday
  • Plautdietsch: Meddach — midday
  • Polish: południe — midday
  • Portuguese: meio-dia — midday
  • Rapa Nui: hora kai — midday
  • Romanian: amiază — midday
  • Romanian: miezul zilei — midday
  • Romanian: mijloc de zi — midday
  • Russian: по́лдень (póldenʹ) — midday
  • Salar: öyle — midday
  • Sanskrit: मध्याह्न (madhyāhna) — midday
  • Sardinian: mesu die — midday
  • Scottish Gaelic: meadhan-là — midday
  • Serbo-Croatian: по́дне — midday
  • Serbo-Croatian: pódne — midday
  • Sikkimese: ཉིན་གུང (nyin gung) — midday
  • Slovak: poludnie — midday
  • Slovene: poldan — midday
  • Spanish: mediodía — midday
  • Swahili: adhuuri — midday
  • Swahili: saa sita — midday
  • Swahili: mchana — midday
  • Swahili: adhuhuri — midday
  • Swedish: middag — midday
  • Swedish: mitt på dagen — midday
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠗꠣꠘ (madáno) — midday
  • Tagalog: tanghali — midday
  • Tagalog: n.t. — midday
  • Tajik: нимрӯз (nimrüz) — midday
  • Tajik: зуҳр (zuhr) — midday
  • Tatar: төш (töş) — midday
  • Tatar: өйлә (öylä) — midday
  • Telugu: మధ్యాహ్నము (madhyāhnamu) — midday
  • Thai: เที่ยงวัน (tîiang-wan) — midday
  • Thai: เที่ยง (tîiang) — midday
  • Tibetan: ཉིན་གུང (nyin gung) — midday
  • Tupinambá: asaîé — midday
  • Turkish: öğle — midday
  • Turkish: günorta — midday
  • Ottoman Turkish: اویله (öyle) — midday
  • Turkmen: günorta — midday
  • Tuvan: дүш (düş) — midday
  • Ukrainian: по́лудень (póludenʹ) — midday
  • Ukrainian: пі́вдень (pívdenʹ) — midday
  • Urdu: دوپَہَر (dopahar) — midday
  • Urdu: ظُہْر (zuhr) — midday
  • Uyghur: چۈش ۋاقتى (chüsh waqti) — midday
  • Uyghur: چۈش (chüsh) — midday
  • Uzbek: tush — midday
  • Uzbek: tush vaqti — midday
  • Vietnamese: trưa — midday
  • Vietnamese: buổi trưa — midday
  • Volapük: zedel — midday
  • Welsh: canol dydd — midday
  • Welsh: hanner dydd — midday
  • Yiddish: מיטאָג (mitog) — midday
  • Zazaki: dehir — midday
  • Zazaki: hel (diq) — midday
  • Zulu: imini — midday