Media Noche

See also: medianoche and media noche

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish medianoche (“midnight”), from media (“half”) +‎ noche (“night”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌmedja ˈnot͡ʃe/ [ˌmɛː.d͡ʒɐ ˈn̪oː.t͡ʃɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˌmedja ˈnotse/ [ˌmɛd̪.jɐ ˈn̪ot̪.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ot͡ʃe, (no yod coalescence) -otse
• Syllabification: Med‧ia No‧che
• Homophone: medyanotse

Proper noun

Media Noche (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇᜒᜌ ᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. a traditional dinner held on the night of New Year's Eve towards midnight on New Year's Day

Related terms

• medyanotse

See also

• Noche Buena

Further reading

• “Media Noche”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018