daytime

See also: day-time and day time

English

Alternative forms

• day-time

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-?

Proto-Germanic *dagaz

Proto-West Germanic *dag

Old English dæġ

Middle English day

English day

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon-

Proto-Germanic *tīmô

Proto-West Germanic *tīmō

Old English tīma

Middle English tyme

English time

English daytime

From day + time.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪtaɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

daytime (usually uncountable, plural daytimes)

1. The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
   • 1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:

     In the daytime the beds are made up but completely out of sight, giving the passenger a comfortable little private room; as the time for retiring comes, after preparing for rest in the same spacious conditions, he is able, practically at a touch, to pull the bed into position ready for use.

Synonyms

• day; see also Thesaurus:daytime

Antonyms

• night, nighttime; see also Thesaurus:nighttime

Derived terms

• daytimer
• daytimes
• daytime serial
• nondaytime
• predaytime

Related terms

• daily
• diurnal

Translations

the time of daylight

• Altai:

  Southern Altai: кӱндӱс (kündüs)

• Arabic: نَهَارُ (ar) m (nahāru)

  Algerian Arabic: نهار m (nhār)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ m (īmama)

  Hebrew script: איממא (īmāmā, īmomo) m

  Syriac: ܐܝܡܡܐ (īmāmā, īmomo) m

• Armenian: ցերեկ (hy) (cʻerek), օր (hy) (ōr), (archaic) տիվ (hy) (tiv)
• Azerbaijani: gündüz (az)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: aldaw (bcl)

• Catalan: dia (ca) m
• Chichewa: msaná class 3, usana class 14
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白天 (zh) (báitiān), 日間 / 日间 (zh) (rìjiān)

• Crimean Tatar: kündüz
• Danish: dagtid c
• Esperanto: tage (eo)
• Finnish: päiväsaika (fi)
• French: journée (fr) f, jour (fr) m
• Galician: día (gl) m
• German: heller Tag m, Tageszeit (de) f
• Hungarian: nappal (hu)
• Ido: jorno (io)
• Indonesian: siang (id), siang hari (id)
• Italian: giornata (it), dì (it) m
• Japanese: 昼間 (ja) (ひるま, hiruma)
• Javanese: awan, siyang (jv), rina (jv), rinten (jv)

  Old Javanese: dinakāla, siyaṅ

• Korean: 하루 (ko) (haru), 낮 (ko) (nat)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕۆژگار (ckb) (rojgar)

• Latin: dies (la) m or f
• Malay: siang (ms)
• Malayalam: പകൽ സമയം (pakal samayaṁ)
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: ānyìh

• Old English: dæġtīd f, dæġtīma m
• Portuguese: dia (pt) m
• Romanian: zi (ro)
• Russian: день (ru) m (denʹ), дневно́е вре́мя n (dnevnóje vrémja)
• Spanish: día (es)
• Swedish: dagtid (sv) c
• Tamil: பகல் (ta) (pakal)
• Thai: กลางวัน (th) (glaang-wan)
• Turkish: gündüz (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: كوندوز (gündüz)

• Vietnamese: ban ngày (vi)
• Welsh: dydd (cy) m
• Zulu: ilanga (zu) class 5/6
• ǃXóõ: gòhba

Adjective

daytime (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
   • 2022 February 4, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 November 2022:

     The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.

2. Happening during the day.

   daytime television

Synonyms

• (pertaining to daytime): day
• (happening during the day): day

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “pertaining to daytime”): evening, night, nighttime
• (antonym(s) of “happening during the day”): evening, night, nighttime

Derived terms

• daytime drama

Translations

pertaining to daytime, appropriate to the day

• Danish: dagtid
• Hungarian: nappali (hu), napközbeni, napközi (hu)
• Russian: дневно́й (ru) (dnevnój)
• Spanish: diurno (es)
• Swedish: dagtid (sv)
• Ukrainian: де́нний (dénnyj)

happening during the day

• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} nappali (hu)
• Russian: дневно́й (ru) (dnevnój)
• Spanish: diurno (es)
• Ukrainian: де́нний (dénnyj)

Anagrams

• Maytide