different between forenoon vs midday

English

Etymology

From Middle English forenone, equivalent to fore- +? noon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??nu?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??nun/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo(?)?nu?n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo?nu?n/

Noun

forenoon (plural forenoons)

1. Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon.

Synonyms

• foreday, morn; see also Thesaurus:morning

Related terms

• afternoon

Translations

References

• "forenoon, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Alternative forms

• mid-day

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæ? (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- +? day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d?de?/

Noun

midday (countable and uncountable, plural middays)

1. noon; twelve o'clock during the day

Synonyms

• nones, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday

Antonyms

• midnight; see also Thesaurus:midnight

Translations

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Anagrams

• mydaid