midnight in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for midnight in the English»French Dictionary

midnight [Brit ˈmɪdnʌɪt, Am ˈmɪdˌnaɪt] N

1. midnight (in time):

midnight

minuit m

at midnight

à minuit

it is (just) after midnight

il est (un peu) plus de minuit

she arrived just after midnight

elle est arrivée juste après minuit

it's past midnight

il est minuit passé

it's past midnight attr celebration, deadline

de minuit

2. midnight (despair):

midnight fig

ténèbres fpl

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'à l'aube

midnight sun N

midnight sun

soleil m de minuit

midnight feast N

midnight feast

festin m nocturne (organisé en cachette)

midnight blue N ADJ

midnight blue

bleu m nuit

midnight madness sale N Am

midnight madness sale

soldes fpl extraordinaires en nocturne

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12 o'clock midday/midnight

midi/minuit

Translations for midnight in the French»English Dictionary

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minuit

midnight

à minuit

at midnight

minuit et demi

half past twelve, half past midnight

minuit moins le quart

a quarter to twelve, a quarter to midnight

de minuit messe, soleil

midnight

réveillonner (pour Noël)

to celebrate Christmas (with a midnight meal and a party on Christmas Eve)

j'ai travaillé/joué sans interruption jusqu'à minuit

I worked/played nonstop until midnight

la pendule égrena les douze coups de minuit

the clock chimed out the twelve strokes of midnight

midnight in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for midnight in the English»French Dictionary

I.midnight N no pl

midnight

minuit m

at midnight

à minuit

II.midnight ADJ

midnight

de minuit

Phrases:

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'au beau milieu de la nuit

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to stay out late/past midnight

rentrer tard/après minuit

at precisely midnight

à minuit précis

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'à tard dans la nuit

Translations for midnight in the French»English Dictionary

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minuit

midnight

à minuit et demi

at half past midnight

messe de minuit

midnight mass

à minuit sonnant/à 4 heures sonnantes

at the stroke of midnight/4 o'clock

aux alentours de minuit

around midnight

il est minuit sonné/4 heures sonnées

it is midnight/4 o'clock exactly

passé minuit

after midnight

midnight Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'au beau milieu de la nuit

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'à tard dans la nuit

by tomorrow/midnight

d'ici demain

to stay out late/past midnight

rentrer tard/après minuit

it's near/nowhere near midnight

il est presque/loin d'être minuit

at precisely midnight

à minuit précis

up until [or till] midnight/yesterday [or to]

jusqu'à minuit/hier

at noon/midnight/3 o'clock

à midi/minuit/3 heures

at the stroke of midnight/4 o'clock

à minuit sonnant/à 4 heures sonnantes

is it going to happen before midnight?

c'est pour aujourd'hui ou pour demain? inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The coffee house was open from 10:30 to midnight daily.

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His absence was discovered during the midnight head count, one of the five daily prisoner counts held on weekends and holidays.

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On the stroke of midnight, the watchman again gives a sign and the knights begin to lament.

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At midnight, he operated on the patient stretched out a billiard table.

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Trains run from approximately 5:00am to midnight daily.

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At midnight on the 21st day of the third month (835) he died at the age of 62.

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Towards evening, a fierce wind swept down from the north, which continued with increased frigidity and fury until midnight, and today all roads are completely blocked.

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These areas either receive sunlight (midnight sun) or shade (polar night) 24 hours a day because of the earth's tilt.

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Video recordings of the indoor stage event, including the countdown to midnight, show that only ordinary holiday sparklers were used.

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Both teams skated to a 22 tie before the game had to be suspended at 27:00 of overtime because of a midnight curfew.

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