noon

Meanings

Noun

• The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
• The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
• The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
• The highest point; culmination.
• The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Verb

• To relax or sleep around midday

Related

Similar words

• nones

Opposite words

• midnight

Origin

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