Meaning of small hours | Babel Free
Definitions
The very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep.
plural, plural-only
Equivalents
Català
matinada
Deutsch
frühe Morgenstunden
Español
altas horas
Français
petites heures
Bahasa Indonesia
dini hari
Nederlands
kleine uurtjes
Svenska
småtimmarna
Tagalog
des-oras
Examples
“Cologne Hauptbahnhof is reached in the small hours, and the traveller new to postwar Germany is spared the sight of the devastated city.”
“Then follows a quiet period during the small hours, marked by the departure of the other newspaper trains and some van trains, and by the arrival of the mail train⟳ from Weymouth.”
“...the writer conjured up a dystopian fantasy more berserk than anything you might find⟳ yourself listening to in the small hours at the Stone Circle.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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