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mid·day

 (mĭd′dā′)
n.
The middle of the day; noon.
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midday

(ˈmɪdˈdeɪ)
n
a. the middle of the day; noon
b. (as modifier): a midday meal.
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mid•day

(n. ˈmɪdˈdeɪ, -ˌdeɪ; adj. -ˌdeɪ)

n.
the middle of the day; noon or the time shortly before or after noon.
[before 1000]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.midday - the middle of the daymidday - the middle of the day    
high noon, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon
24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"
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midday

noun noon, twelve o'clock, noonday, noontime, twelve noon, noontide At midday everyone would go down to the cafe.
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Translations
مُنْتَصَفُ الّنَهَارِمُنْتَصَف النَّهار
polednepolední
middagmiddags-
keskipäivä
podne
délidõ
miî-/hádegi
真昼
정오
vidurdienis
pusdiena, dienas vidus
poludňajší
poldan
mitt på dagen
เที่ยงวัน
öğlegün ortası
buổi trưa

midday

[ˈmɪdˈdeɪ]
A. N → mediodía m
at midday → a(l) mediodía
B. CPD the midday sun N → el sol de(l) mediodía
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

midday

[ˌmɪdˈdeɪ]
n → midi m
at midday → à midi
modif [heat, sun] → de midi
the midday sun → le soleil de midi
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

midday

n → Mittag m; at midday → mittags, gegen Mittag, um die Mittagszeit
adj attr → mittäglich; midday meal → Mittagessen nt; midday sun/heat → Mittagssonne/-hitze f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

midday

[ˌmɪdˈdeɪ]
1. n → mezzogiorno
at midday → a mezzogiorno
2. adj → di mezzogiorno
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

midday

(midˈdei) noun
the middle of the day; twelve o'clock. We'll meet you at midday; (also adjective) a midday meal.
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midday

→ مُنْتَصَفُ الّنَهَارِ poledne middag Mittag μεσημέρι mediodía keskipäivä midi podne mezzogiorno 真昼 정오 middag midt på dagen południe meio-dia полдень mitt på dagen เที่ยงวัน öğle buổi trưa 正午
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