forenoon

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forenoon

/ˈfɔːnuːn/ UK
/ˈfɔɹnun/ US
/ˈfo(ː)ɹnuːn/
/ˈfoənuːn/

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From Middle English forenone, equivalent to fore- + noon.

noun forenoons

countable, uncountable Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon. You are ambitious for poor knaves' caps and legs; you wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an orange-wife and a fosset-seller, and then rejourn the controversy of threepence to a second day of audience.
Similar: morning, foreday, morn

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noun forenoon - part of the day before noon

हिन्दी	पूर्वाह्न pūrvāhna
Deutsch	Vormittag
Русский	у́тро útro
العربية	ضُحًا ḍuḥan
עברית	לִפְנֵי הַצָּהֳרַיִם lifney hatsohorayim

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"forenoon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/forenoon.

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@misc{forenoon_2026,
  title = {forenoon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forenoon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}