forenoon

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈfɔrˌnuːn/ UK /ˈfɔːnuːn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the part of the day before noon; the morning

They finished the ploughing by the forenoon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the part of the day before... morning forepart am

Opposites

afternoon evening

Word family

Related forms fore noon afternoon

Etymology

A compound of fore- ('before') and noon (from Old English non, from Latin nona '(hora) ninth hour'), denoting the part of the day before midday.

fore Old English nona Latin

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General Vocabulary

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# forenoon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɔrˌnuːn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɔːnuːn/

## Meanings
1. the part of the day before noon; the morning

## Examples
- They finished the ploughing by the forenoon.

## Synonyms
- morning
- forepart
- am

## Antonyms
- afternoon
- evening

## Related Forms
- fore
- noon
- afternoon

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fore
- Root: nona

## Etymology
A compound of fore- ('before') and noon (from Old English non, from Latin nona '(hora) ninth hour'), denoting the part of the day before midday.

## AI Etymology
Forenoon is a compound of fore- ('before') and noon (from Old English non, from Latin nona '(hora) ninth hour'), denoting the part of the day before midday. The compound structure is semantically important: one element narrows the setting, direction, or quality, and the other supplies the object, action, or base idea. As a noun, it denotes "the part of the day before noon; the morning", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Old English fore and Latin nona. Related words include fore, noon, afternoon.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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