"forenoon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔːnuːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔɹnun/ [General-American], /ˈfo(ː)ɹnuːn/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈfoənuːn/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-forenoon.wav [US] Forms: forenoons [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forenone, equivalent to fore- + noon. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*preh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|forenone}} Middle English forenone, {{pre|en|fore|noon}} fore- + noon Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} forenoon (countable and uncountable, plural forenoons)
  1. Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms: morning [synonym, synonym-of], foreday, morn, morning Related terms: afternoon Translations (forenoon - part of the day before noon): предобед (predobed) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dopoledne [neuter] (Czech), formiddag [common-gender] (Danish), antaŭtagmezo (Esperanto), aamupäivä (Finnish), aamu (Finnish), huomen (Finnish), kuşluk (Gagauz), Vormittag [masculine] (German), לִפְנֵי הַצָּהֳרַיִם (lifney hatsohorayim) (Hebrew), délelőtt (Hungarian), hádegi [neuter] (Icelandic), fyrirmiðdagur [masculine] (Icelandic), priekšpusdiena [feminine] (Latvian), przedpołudnie [neuter] (Polish), goşluq (Salar), predpoludnie [neuter] (Slovak), эртен (erten) (Southern Altai), förmiddag (Swedish), kuşluk (Turkish), guşluk (Turkmen)

Inflected forms

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