minuit

See also: minúit

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mynuyt, from Old French mie nuit, from mie, feminine singular of mi (“half, half way”) + nuit (“night”). Equivalent to mi- +‎ nuit. Compare Occitan mièjanuèch, mièjanuèit, Catalan mitjanit, Portuguese meia-noite, Spanish medianoche, Italian mezzanotte, Romanian miazănoapte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nɥi/

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Noun

minuit m (plural minuits)

1. midnight

   La nouvelle journée commence à minuit.

   The new day begins at midnight.

   Il est déjà minuit?

   Is it midnight already?

   Pendant les week-ends, je me couche à minuit.

   On the weekends, I go to bed by midnight.

Derived terms

• bain de minuit
• douze coups de minuit
• messe de minuit
• soleil de minuit

Further reading

• “minuit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

minuit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of minuō