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 twelve and everyone is sleeping.”
How the word midnight is said around the world
| French | minuit (mee-new-EE) |
| Spanish | medianoche (mayth-yah-NOH-chay) |
| Mandarin | 午夜 (woo yuh) |
| Hindi | मध्यरात्रि (muhd-yuh-RAHT-ri) |
| Arabic | منتصف الليل (MOON-tah-sahf ahl-LAHYL) |
| Russian | полночь (POHL-nuchy) |
| Portuguese (EU) | meia-noite (MAY-uh-nohi-ti) |
| Portuguese (BR) | meia-noite (MAY-a-nohi-chew) |
| Japanese | 夜中 (yoh-NAH-kah) |
| German | Mitternacht (MI-tur-nahkht) |
| Urdu | آدھی رات (AH-dee raht) |
| Punjabi | ਅੱਧੀ ਰਾਤ (U-dee raht) |
| Korean | 자정 (jah-JUNG) |
| Hebrew | חֲצוֹת (KHAH-tsoht) |
| Greek | μεσάνυχτα (may-SAH-neekh-tah) |
| Dutch | middernacht (MI-duhr-nahkht) |
| Tagalog | hatinggabi (hah-teeng-GAH-bee) |
| Vietnamese | nửa đêm (NEW-uh daym) |
| Turkish | gece yarısı (GYAY-je yah-ru-SU) |
| Persian | نیمه شب (NEE-may shahb) |
| Polish | północ (POOW-nawts) |
| Ukrainian | опівночі (oh-peev-NOH-chee) |
| Bengali | মধ্যরাত (MAW-da-rah-toh) |
| Swedish | midnatt (MID-naht) |
| Italian | mezzanotte (may-dzah-NAW-tay) |
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