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midnight

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The meaning (definition) of the word midnight

twelve o'clock in the middle of the night

The word midnight used in a sentence

At midnight, the clock shows 12 and everyone is sleeping.

How the word midnight is said around the world

Frenchminuit (meenewee)
Spanishmedianoche (maythyahnohchay)
Mandarin午夜 (wǔ yè)
Hindiमध्यरात्रि (muhdyuhrahtri)
Arabicمنتصف الليل (moontahsahf ahllahyl)
Russianполночь (polnoch')
Portuguese (EU)meia-noite (mayuhnohiti)
Portuguese (BR)meia-noite (mayanohichew)
Japanese夜中 (yonaka)
GermanMitternacht (miturnahkht)
Urduآدھی رات (ahdee raht)
Punjabiਅੱਧੀ ਰਾਤ (udee raht)
Korean자정 (jajeong)
Hebrewחֲצוֹת (khahtsoht)
Greekμεσάνυχτα (mesanukhta)
Dutchmiddernacht (miduhrnahkht)
Tagaloghatinggabi (hahteenggahbee)
Vietnamesenửa đêm (newuh daym)
Turkishgece yarısı (gyayje yahrusu)
Persianنیمه شب (neemay shahb)
Polishpółnoc (poownawts)
Ukrainianопівночі (opivnochi)
Bengaliমধ্যরাত (mawdarahtoh)
Swedishmidnatt (midnaht)
Italianmezzanotte (maydzahnawtay)

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