Meaning of "noon" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOON

Old English nōn, from Latin nōna ( hōra) ninth hour (originally 3 p.m., the ninth hour from sunrise).

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NOON

noon  [nuːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOON

Noon is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Noon

Noon (also midday or noon time) is usually defined as 12 o'clock in the daytime. The term midday is also used colloquially to refer to a range of time, often 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Solar noon is 12 o'clock apparent solar time, or around 12 – 1 p.m. local time, depending on daylight saving time and the moment when the sun crosses the meridian. Solar noon is when the sun is at its highest elevation in the sky. The clock time of solar noon depends on the longitude and date. The opposite of noon is midnight. In many cultures in the Northern Hemisphere, noon had ancient geographic associations with the direction "south" (as did midnight with "north" in some cultures). Remnants of the noon = south association are preserved in the words for noon in French (Midi) and Italian (Mezzogiorno), both of which also refer to the southern parts of the respective countries.

Definition of noon in the English dictionary

The definition of noon in the dictionary is the middle of the day; 12 o'clock in the daytime or the time or point at which the sun crosses the local meridian. Other definition of noon is the highest, brightest, or most important part; culmination.

SYNONYMS OF «NOON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «noon» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of noon

high noon · midday · noonday · noontide · noontime

TRANSLATION OF NOON

Find out the translation of noon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of noon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «noon» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 中午
• Translator English - Spanish: mediodía
• English: noon
• Translator English - Hindi: दोपहर
• Translator English - Arabic: ظُهْر
• Translator English - Russian: полдень
• Translator English - Portuguese: meio-dia
• Translator English - Bengali: দুপুর
• Translator English - French: midi
• Translator English - Malay: Tengah hari
• Translator English - German: Mittag
• Translator English - Japanese: 正午
• Translator English - Korean: 정오
• Translator English - Javanese: Noon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: buổi trưa
• Translator English - Tamil: நண்பகல்
• Translator English - Marathi: दुपार
• Translator English - Turkish: öğle vakti
• Translator English - Italian: mezzogiorno
• Translator English - Polish: południe
• Translator English - Ukrainian: полудень
• Translator English - Romanian: prânz
• Translator English - Greek: μεσημέρι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: middag
• Translator English - Swedish: klockan tolv på dagen
• Translator English - Norwegian: klokka tolv

10 QUOTES WITH «NOON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word noon.

1

George Aiken

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.

2

Anna Letitia Barbauld

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

3

Traci Bingham

I can't live without my beauty products. I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions.

4

Traci Bingham

I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions.

5

Sara Blakely

My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And then from noon on he might have some brown rice and some tofu, and then, come eight or nine at night, he orders three mud-pie double-chocolate pieces of cake and eats all three of them.

6

Billy Boyd

Life in LA is not lying in the sun for months. It is having a 4pm meeting and leaving at noon to sit in traffic for four hours. It's not glam.

7

Charles Bukowski

Never get out of bed before noon.

8

Drew Busby

Football ruled my life for years, morning, noon and night.

9

Greg Cipes

Usually for cartoons, I record them in the mornings from 9 A.M. to noon, then I have the rest of the day to do on camera. It actually gives me time to work on my own projects.

10

Christopher Columbus

Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOON»

Discover the use of noon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to noon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Darkness at Noon: A Novel

Originally published in 1941, Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, Darkness At Noon, is a powerful and haunting portrait of a Communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s.

Arthur Koestler, 2009

Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace

The original manuscript is here printed in full, including a new introduction by Capon on the work's unusual history.

Robert Farrar Capon, 1997

High Noon on the Electronic Frontier: Conceptual Issues in ...

Collects essays discussing policy issues relating to digital communtication, including property rights, hacking, privacy, and freedom of speech

Peter Ludlow, 1996

The Noon Book of Authentic Indian Cooking

Created by the chefs of one of the world's leading sources of Indian food, this cookbook is a culinary journey around the great subcontinent of India and celebrates the varied and sumptuous cuisine of a fascinating country.

G. K. Noon, 2002

High Noon

Phoebe MacNamara first comes face to face with Duncan Swift high up on a roof, as she tries to stop one of his ex-employees from jumping to his death.

Nora Roberts, 2008

Noon, with a view: courage and integrity

This is a candid story from a man who values highly his family, friends and country both his birthplace and his adoptedhome.

G. K. Noon, 2008

High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years To Solve Them

How do we tackle them in a world where the accustomed methods used by nation-states may be reaching their natural limits?InHigh Noon, J. F. Rischard challenges us to take a new approach to the twenty most important and urgent global ...

Jean-francois Rischard, 2007

Daisy: Morning, Noon and Night: Bringing Your Family ...

In this lavish collection of 150 recipes, the can’t-fail dishes Daisy learned to cook alongside her mother and grandmother in Puerto Rico mingle with the recipes she has picked up during her travels around the Spanish-speaking world, to ...

Daisy Martinez, 2010

Mr Noon

Gilbert Noon loses his job as a schoolmaster in Nottinghamshire and journeys to Germany, where he falls in love with a married woman

D. H. Lawrence, Lindeth Vasey, 1987

Morning Noon & Night

A beautiful woman attends a family gathering following the mysterious death of Harry Stanford, claiming to be his long-lost child and stating her rights to a share of the tycoon's estate, in a hypnotic, roller-coaster novel.

Sidney Sheldon, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term noon is used in the context of the following news items.

MMAjunkie Radio (noon ET): Johny Hendricks, Jeremy Botter and …

MMAjunkie Radio airs from noon to 2 p.m. ET (9 to 11 a.m. PT), live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The show is available ... «MMAjunkie.com, Jul 15»

Chat with state official about brain-eating amoeba at noon Friday

CDC expert Jonathan S. Yoder, MSW, MPH, will be online at noon Friday to answer your questions, along with DHH spokeswoman Olivia ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»

Portion Of 10 Fwy To Reopen At Noon Following Bridge Damage

One lane will reopen in each direction of the freeway at noon, officials said. On Sunday, a 30-foot section of the Tex Wash bridge collapsed due ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»

Aust stocks weaker at noon

The Australian sharemarket is seeing a third straight day of losses as the resources sector weighs on trading after weak overnight leads from ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

RS adjourned till noon following Oppn-BJP spat

Heated exchanges between treasury benches and the Congress today forced adjournment of the Rajya Sabha till noon as the opposition stuck ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»

NZ@Noon: Safety fears spark prisoner move

Stories making headlines around the regions today include prisoners who fear for their safety and a seal's long journey. Northland prisoners ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

I-40 to I-27 overpass to open at noon

VIDEO | The overpass that takes traffic from westbound Interstate 40 to southbound Interstate 27 will reopen today about noon, the Texas ... «Amarillo.com, Jul 15»

Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon after Opposition-BJP spat

Heated exchanges between treasury benches and the Congress today forced adjournment of the Rajya Sabha till noon as the opposition stuck ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»

Train snag: 220 stranded for over 3 hours in noon heat

Train snag: 220 stranded for over 3 hours in noon heat. . file-24-train.jpg. SNAG: The authorities are working with the operating firm of the trains ... «Arab News, Jul 15»

Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon on Friday after repeated disruptions by the opposition parties, demanding the resignations of ... «indiatvnews.com, Jul 15»