midi

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See also: MIDI, Midi, miði, mid̪i, and mídí

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

midi (not comparable)

  1. Having a hemline at mid-calf length.

Noun

midi (plural midis)

  1. A coat or skirt having such a hemline.
  2. Synonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”)

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Catalan

Verb

midi

  1. inflection of midar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

French

Etymology

From a compound of Old French mi (“middle”) + di (“day”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.di/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

midi m (plural midis)

  1. noon, midday
  2. south
    Synonym: sud
  3. (specifically) southern France, the Midi
    Synonym: Midi
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:
      Mais, après tout, les propos auxquels on mêlait son nom n'étaient peut-être que des propos; du bruit, des mots, des paroles; moins que des paroles, des palabres, comme dit l'énergique langue du midi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Coordinate terms

compass points: points cardinaux:  [edit]

nord-ouest nord
septentrion 		nord-est
ouest
couchant
ponant
occident 		est
levant
orient
sud-ouest sud
midi
méridien 		sud-est

Derived terms

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French midi (“noon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

midi

  1. noon, midday

Jiiddu

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *mat- (“head”). Cognates include Somali madax, Maay mada, Rendille matah, Garre madah, Arbore mete, Daasanach me, Yaaku miteh, Baiso mete, Oromo mataa, Beja mat, and Blin mad.

Pronunciation

Noun

midi m (plural. mididaa)

  1. head

References

Lamberti, M. (1981). Der Dialekt der Jiddu, af-Jiddu. (pp. 24, 38, 94).

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

midi

  1. genitive singular of mide

Mutation

Mutation of midi
radical lenition nasalization
midi
also mmidi after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		midi
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Saxon

Preposition

midi

  1. Alternative form of mid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French midi or English midi.

Adjective

midi m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. midi

Declension

Declension of midi (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite midi midi midi midi
definite — — — —
genitive-
dative 		indefinite midi midi midi midi
definite — — — —

Spanish

Noun

midi m (plural midis)

  1. midi; midiskirt

Watiwa

Noun

midi

  1. skin

Further reading

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