daytime

See also: day-time, and day time

English

Alternative forms

• day-time

Etymology

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, upsun; 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

• Arabic: نَهَارُ (ar) m (nahāru)

  Algerian Arabic: نهار m (nhār)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ m (īmama)

  Hebrew: 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: aldaw (bcl)
• Catalan: dia (ca) m
• 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)
• 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)
• Old English: dæġtīd f, dæġtīma m
• Old Javanese: dinakāla, siyaṅ
• Portuguese: dia (pt) m
• Romanian: zi (ro)
• Russian: день (ru) m (denʹ), дневно́е вре́мя n (dnevnóje vrémja)
• Southern Altai: кӱндӱс (kündüs)
• Spanish: día (es)
• Swedish: dagtid (sv) c
• Thai: กลางวัน (th) (glaang-wan)
• Turkish: gündüz (tr)
• 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.
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)
• Swedish: dagtid (sv)
• Ukrainian: де́нний (dénnyj)

happening during the day

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

Anagrams

• Maytide