noun, masculine/mi.nɥi/plural: minuits
midnight
“La nouvelle journée commence à minuit.” — The new day begins at midnight.
Related: bain de minuit, douze coups de minuit, messe de minuit, soleil de minuit
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.