English · Word Candidate

noon

/nuːn/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: noons · nooned

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Giờ trong ngày Mặt trời dường như đạt đến điểm cao nhất trên bầu trời

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Noun

Examples

On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon. — The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Giờ trong ngày Mặt trời dường như đạt đến điểm cao nhất trên bầu trời

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Noun

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To relax or sleep around midday.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nghỉ ngơi hoặc ngủ vào khoảng giờ giữa trưa

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Verb

Examples

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 a

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Chữ ن trong bảng chữ cái Ả Rập

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Noun

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “noon” mean?

The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

Is “noon” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.