midday

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled mid-day

US /mɪdˈdeɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #13825

Meanings

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noun
The middle of the day; twelve o'clock noon.

We stopped for lunch at midday.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the middle of the day;... noon noonday

Opposites

midnight

Word family

Forms middays

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Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

midday Middle English middæġ Old English

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# midday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mɪdˈdeɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 13825

## Meanings
1. The middle of the day; twelve o'clock noon.

## Examples
- We stopped for lunch at midday.

## Antonyms
- midnight

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: midday
- Root: middæġ

## Etymology
From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

## AI Etymology
Midday comes from Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”). In present-day English it covers the middle of the day; twelve o'clock noon. The historical chain runs through midday (Middle English) and middæġ (Old English).

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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