"noontime" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: noontimes [plural]
Etymology: From noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd (“noontime”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion (“noontime”) from Old French meriiene, merīane (“noontime”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|noon|time}} noon + time, {{cog|en|noontide|t=noontime}} English noontide (“noontime”), {{cog|enm|noon tijd}} Middle English noon tijd, {{cog|ang|nōntīd|t=noontime}} Old English nōntīd (“noontime”), {{noncog|enm|merian}} Middle English merian, {{noncog|fro|meriiene}} Old French meriiene Head templates: {{en-noun}} noontime (plural noontimes)
  1. Noon. Synonyms: high noon
    Sense id: en-noontime-en-noun-BW9fMoye Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 7 4
  2. Approximately noon.
    Sense id: en-noontime-en-noun-YORHNfBF
  3. (figurative) The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day). Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-noontime-en-noun-hJm9XzJr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: midday, nones, sext

Inflected forms

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