douze coups de minuit

French

Alternative forms

  • 12 coups de minuit

Etymology

A reference to the twelve strokes made by a turret clock/tower clock at midnight.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duz ku d(ə) mi.nɥi/

Noun

douze coups de minuit m pl (plural only)

  1. the twelve strokes of midnight