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amiază
noon /aˈmjazə/
noun#3213 most common
Also: midday, noontime
Example sentences
Este amiază.
It is noon.
La amiază mâncăm de prânz.
At noon we eat lunch.
Soarele e foarte puternic la amiază.
The sun is very strong at noon.
Ne vedem pe la amiază, în fața primăriei.
We'll meet around noon, in front of the town hall.
Căldura amiezii devenise greu de suportat.
The heat of midday had become hard to bear.
Spre deosebire de zorii zilei, liniștea amiezii era apăsătoare, de parcă timpul însuși stătuse în loc.
Unlike the dawn, the stillness of midday was oppressive, as if time itself had stood still.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amiaza | amiezile |
| Genitive | amiezii | amiezilor |
| Accusative | amiaza | amiezile |
| Vocative | amiază | amiezi |
Word family
Etymology
Amiază comes from a Vulgar Latin form built on medius, meaning 'middle', with the prefix ad- added to mark a point in time. The word originally pointed to the middle of the day, when the sun stands at its highest. The same Latin root gives Romanian miazăzi (south, literally 'midday direction') and miazănoapte (north, literally 'midnight direction'), since Romanians once oriented themselves by the sun's position at noon and midnight.
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