midnight - English word #848

Translation

Twelve o'clock at night, the middle of the night.

Word origin

From Old English midniht, from mid meaning middle and niht meaning night.

Gender

Pluralmidnights

struck .

"Midnight" is twelve o'clock at night.

until .

Here "midnight" is the middle of the night.

, .

"Midnights" is the plural, meaning more than one midnight.

night

The dark part of each day, when the sun is down and people sleep.

time

The thing measured in minutes, hours, and years that keeps passing.

day

A period of 24 hours, or the time when it is light outside.

noon

The middle of the day, twelve o'clock in the daytime.

moon

The large round object that shines in the sky at night and moves around the earth.

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