midnight

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɪdnʌɪt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈmɪdˌnaɪt/

Noun

midnight

1. The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
2. 12 o'clock at night exactly.
   • Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:

     "She twisted her hands behind her;

     but all the knots held good!

     She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!

     They stretched and strained in the darkness,

     and the hours crawled by like years,

     Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,

     Cold, on the stroke of midnight,

     The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!

Synonyms

• (12 o'clock at night) 12 am; 00:00, 12 a.m. (sometimes proscribed), 12 midnight; see also Thesaurus:midnight

Antonyms

• noon, midday

Translations

• Spanish: medianoche, madrugada

Translations

• French: minuit
• German: Mitternacht
• Italian: mezzanotte
• Portuguese: meia-noite
• Russian: по́лночь
• Spanish: medianoche

Adjective

midnight (not comparable)

1. (poetic) Utterly dark or black.

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