noontide

C2+ Topic:Register & Style

US /ˈnuntaɪd/ UK /ˈnuːntaɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the time of noon; midday (literary)

At noontide the village square lay empty and silent.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the time of noon; midday... noon midday noonday noontime

Opposites

midnight

Word family

Related forms noon noonday tide

Etymology

A compound of noon (Old English non, from Latin nona hora 'ninth hour') + tide (Old English tid 'time, season'), from Proto-Germanic *tidiz.

nona hora Latin tid Old English

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# noontide

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

## Meanings
1. the time of noon; midday (literary)

## Examples
- At noontide the village square lay empty and silent.

## Synonyms
- noon
- midday
- noonday
- noontime

## Antonyms
- midnight

## Related Forms
- noon
- noonday
- tide

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nona hora
- Root: tid

## Etymology
A compound of noon (Old English non, from Latin nona hora 'ninth hour') + tide (Old English tid 'time, season'), from Proto-Germanic *tidiz.

## AI Etymology
Noontide is a compound of noon (Old English non, from Latin nona hora 'ninth hour') + tide (Old English tid 'time, season'), from Proto-Germanic *tidiz. The etymological trail includes Latin nona hora and Old English tid. As a noun, noontide means the time of noon; midday (literary). The same family is visible in related forms such as noon, noonday, and tide. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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