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{{also|Noon|ñoon|no-on}}
==English==
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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/nuːn/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-noon.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-noon.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːn|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|noen}}, {{m|enm|none}}, {{m|enm|non}}, from {{inh|en|ang|nōn|t=the ninth hour}}, from a Germanic borrowing of classical {{uder|en|la|nōna||ninth hour}} (short for {{m|la|nōna}} {{m|la|hōra}}), feminine of {{m|la|nōnus||ninth}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|noen}}, obsolete German {{m|de|Non}}, Norwegian {{m|no|non}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# The [[time of day]] when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; [[solar noon]].
#: {{ux|en|On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until '''noon'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|The race is due to start at '''noon''' sharp.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1933
|title=w:Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|text=The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at '''noon''' on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at '''noon''' on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.}}
## The [[mean time]] of [[solar noon]], marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.
# {{lb|en|now|rare}} The corresponding time in the middle of the night; [[midnight]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1789|author=w:Erasmus Darwin|title=The Loves of the Plants|publisher=J. Johnson|page=116
|passage=So the sad mother at the '''noon''' of night / From bloody Memphis stole her silent flight {{...}}.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1885|author=w:Sir Richard Burton|title=The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night|section=Night 17
|passage=When night was at its '''noon''' I heard a voice chanting the Koran in sweetest accents {{...}}.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[ninth]] hour of the day counted from [[sunrise]]; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
# {{lb|en|figurative}} The highest point; culmination.
#* {{RQ:Motley Dutch Republic|passage=In the very '''noon''' of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|ninth hour of daylight}} {{l|en|nones}}
* {{sense|midpoint of the day}} {{l|en|midday}}, {{l|en|nones}}, {{l|en|noontide}}, {{l|en|twelve}}; see also [[Thesaurus:midday]]
* {{sense|midnight}} {{l|en|noon of night}}; see also [[Thesaurus:midnight]]
* {{sense|highest point}} {{l|en|capstone}}; see also [[Thesaurus:apex]]

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|middle of the night}} {{l|en|midnight}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|high noon|Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon|morning-noon-and-night|noon balloon|noon gun|noon-time|sleep-at-noon|solar noon|John-go-to-bed-at-noon|noon fly|noon-flower|good noon}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|midday}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|шыбжьон}}
* Ainu: {{t|ain|トノㇱキ|tr=tonoski}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|drekë|?}}, {{t+|sq|mesditë}}, {{t|sq|drekëhera}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|ظُهْر|m}}, {{t|ar|ظَهِيرَة|f}}, {{t|ar|رَوَاح|m}}, {{t|ar|القائلة}}, {{t|ar|نصف النهار}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|ظهر|m|tr=ḍohr}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|ظُهُر|m|tr=ḍuhur}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կեսօր}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|meudía|m}}, {{t+|ast|mediudía|m}}
* Avar: {{t|av|къалъулгӏуж}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|günorta}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|төш|sc=Cyrl}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|eguerdi}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|по́ўдзень|m}}, {{t|be|по́лудзень|m}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|udto}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|kreisteiz|m}}
* Brooke's Point Palawano: {{t|plw|ugtu}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пла́дне|n}}, {{t+|bg|о́бед|m}}, {{t+|bg|обя́д|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|နေ့လယ်}}, {{t+|my|မွန်းတည့်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|migdia|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|udto}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|yas̈htijka mo'sojko}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|делкъе}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|tabookoli}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|中午|tr=zung1 ng5}}, {{t|yue|正午|tr=zing3 ng5}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|中午|tr=zhōngwǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|正午|tr=zhèngwǔ}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|üyle}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|poledne|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|middag|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|middag|m}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|пелечи}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|tagmezo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|keskpäev}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|ŋdɔ}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|middagur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|keskipäivä}}, {{t+|fi|puolipäivä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|midi|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|medodía|m}}, {{t|gl|meridía|m}}, {{t|gl|meiodía|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შუადღე}}
* German: {{t+|de|Mittag|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μεσημέρι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|μεσημβρία|f}}
* Guaraní: {{t+|gn|asaje}}, {{t|gn|asajepyte}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|midi}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|awakea}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צהריים|m-d|tr=tsohoráyim|alt=צהריים \ צָהֳרַיִם}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|maogto}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|ugtu}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|दोपहर|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dél}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hádegi|n}}, {{t+|is|miðdegi|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|dimezo}}, {{t+|io|jornomezo}}
* Indonesian: {{t-check|id|[[tengah]] [[hari]]}} <!-- was "[[tengah]] [[hari]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|syänpäivä}}, {{t|izh|poolipäivä}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|делкъе}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|mediedie}}, {{t+|ia|meridie}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|nóin|f}}, {{t|ga|meán lae|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mezzogiorno|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|正午|tr=しょうご, shōgo}}, {{t+|ja|真昼|tr=まひる, mahiru}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|ugtu}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|талтүс|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|kk|түс}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ថ្ងៃត្រង់}}, {{t+|km|ត្រង់}}, {{t+|km|ឧទ្ទិន}}, {{t|km|មជ្ឈន្តិកកាល}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|정오(正午)}}, {{t+|ko|낮}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|гюнорта}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|نیوەڕۆ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|nîvro|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|түш}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|mediodia}}, {{t|lad|midi}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ເວລາທ່ຽງມື້}}, {{t|lo|ທ່ຽງ}}, {{t|lo|ຈຳງາຍ}}, {{t|lo|ມັດທະຍັນ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|merīdiēs|m}}, {{t|la|meridianum tempus|n}}, {{t|la|medium diei|n}}, {{t|la|sexta}} {{qualifier|6th hour}}; {{t|la|nona}} {{qualifier|9th hour}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|dienas vidus|m}}, {{t|lv|pusdiena|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|vidurdienis|m}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|pǟvasidām}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Mëtteg|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пладне|n}}
* Malay:
*: Jawi: {{t|ms|تڠه هاري}}, {{t|ms|تڠاري}}
*: Rumi: {{t+|ms|tengah hari}}, {{t|ms|tengari}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉച്ച}}, {{t|ml|മദ്ധ്യാഹ്നം}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|nofsinhar|m}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠨ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|poupoutanga o te rā}}, {{t|mi|poutūmārō}}, {{t|mi|poutūmārōtanga}}, {{t|mi|tūhoetanga}}
* Marathi: {{t+|mr|दुपार}}
* Mauritian Creole: {{t|mfe|midi}}
* Mazanderani: {{t|mzn|چاشت|tr=cašt|sc=mzn-Arab}}, {{t|mzn|چاشت‌سری|tr=caštseri|sc=mzn-Arab}}
* Mòcheno: {{t|mhn|mitto|m}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|үд}}, {{t|mn|өдөр дунд}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|ałnéʼéʼááh}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|mieziuorne}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{t|nay|gauwel}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|méjeu|m}} {{qualifier|Guernsey}}
* Northern Kankanay: {{t|xnn|kag-aw}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|non|m}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|middag|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|middag|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|miègjorn|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|middæġ|m}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|ӕмбисбон}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اویله|tr=öyle}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|غرمه|tr=ğarma}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ظهر|tr=zohr}}, {{t+|fa|نیمروز|tr=nimruz}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Meddach|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|południe|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|meio-dia|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|amiază|f}}, {{t+|ro|miezul zilei|n}}, {{t|ro|mijloc de zi|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́лдень|m}}
* Salar: {{t|slr|öyle}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|मध्याह्न|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|mesu die}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|meadhan-là|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|по́дне|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pódne|n}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|poludnie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|poldan|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|тал тӱш}}, {{t|alt|орто тӱш}}, {{t|alt|тӱш}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mediodía|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|adhuuri|c9|c10}}, {{t|sw|saa sita}}, {{t+|sw|mchana}}, {{t+|sw|adhuhuri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|middag|c}}, {{t|sv|mitt på dagen}}
* Sylheti: {{t|syl|ꠝꠣꠗꠣꠘ}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|tanghali}}, {{t|tl|n.t.}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|нимрӯз}}, {{t|tg|зуҳр}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|төш}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|మధ్యాహ్నము}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เที่ยงวัน}}, {{t+|th|เที่ยง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཉིན་གུང}}
* Tupinambá: {{t|tpn|asaîé}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|öğle}}, {{t+|tr|günorta}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|günorta}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|дүш}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|по́лудень|m}}, {{t+|uk|пі́вдень|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|دوپہر|m|tr=dopahar}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|چۈش ۋاقتى}}, {{t+|ug|چۈش}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|tush}}, {{t|uz|tush vaqti}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trưa}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|zedel}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|canol dydd|m}}, {{t|cy|hanner dydd}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|middei|c}}
* Yiddish: {{t+|yi|מיטאָג|m}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|dehir}}, {{t+|zza|hel}}
* Zulu: {{t+|zu|imini|c9|c10}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|midnight}}

=====See also=====
* {{list:times of day/en}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[relax]] or [[sleep]] around [[midday]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1853|author=w:Theodore Winthrop|title=The Canoe and the Saddle
|passage=We presently turned just aside from the trail into an episode of beautiful prairie, one of a succession along the plateau at the crest of the range. At this height of about five thousand feet, the snows remain until June. In this fair, oval, forest-circled prairie of my '''nooning''', the grass was long and succulent, as if it grew in the bed of a drained lake.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1889|author=w:Mark Twain|title={{w|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court}} Chapter XX|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur's_Court/Chapter_XX
|passage=Between six and nine we made ten miles, which was plenty for a horse carrying triple—man, woman, and armor; then we stopped for a long '''nooning''' under some trees by a limpid brook.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1906|author=w:Andy Adams|title=The Double Trail
|passage=Well, we crossed and '''nooned''', lying around on purpose to give them a good lead, and when we hit the trail back in these sand-hills, there he was, not a mile ahead, and you can see there was no chance to get around}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1992| title=All the Pretty Horses|author=Cormac McCarthy|isbn=9780330510936| page=157| passage= They '''nooned''' at a spring and squatted about the cold and blackened sticks of some former fire and ate cold beans and tortillas out of a newspaper. }}

=====Synonyms=====
* ''See'' '''[[Thesaurus:sleep]]'''

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The letter [[ن]] in the [[Arabic script]].

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=nnoo|no no|no-no|nono}}

{{C|en|Arabic letter names|Times of day}}

==Arapaho==

===Noun===
{{head|arp|nouns}}

# [[egg]]

==Manx==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gv|sga|innonn}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gv|/nuːn/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|gv|adverb}}

# [[thither]] {{gloss|over to the other side}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|gv|noal}}

====See also====
{{gv-direction-adverbs}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|nān}}, from {{m|ang|ne}} + {{m|ang|ān}}.

===Adverb===
{{enm-adv|-}}

# [[no]]; [[not]]
#* {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1390|author=w:Geoffrey Chaucer|chapter=The Shipman's Tale|title=w:The Canterbury Tales
|passage=And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or '''noon'''.}}

===Determiner===
{{head|enm|determiner}}

# [[no]] (not any)
#* '''14th Century''', [[w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]], ''[[s:The Canterbury Tales/General Prologue|General Prologue]]''
#*: {{quote|enm|Ther was '''noon''' auditour koude on him wynne.}}
{{attention|enm|more parts of speech?}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|none}}
* {{desc|sco|nane}}

==Tagalog==

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|no7ón,non<q:colloquial>}}

===Adverb===
{{tl-adv|noón|b=+}}

# [[when]]
#: {{uxi|tl|'''noong''' mag-aaral na sila|'''when''' they were about to study}}
# indicates past time
#: {{uxi|tl|'''noong''' Lunes|'''last''' Monday}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|tl|noong araw}}

===Pronoun===
{{tl-pron|noón|b=+}}

# [[of]] [[that]]; [[that]] [[over]] [[there]]; [[yonder]] {{qualifier|far from both the speaker and the listener}}
#: {{syn|tl|niyon}}
#: {{ux|tl|Kasinlaki '''noong''' tinapay ang binibili natin.|What we bought is as big as '''that''' bread.}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|tl|non|nun||colloquial}}

====See also====
{{tl-dem pronouns}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KWF Diksiyonaryo}}
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}