midi
See also: MIDI, Midi, miði, mid̪i, and mídí
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪdi
- Homophones: middy, middie
Adjective
midi (not comparable)
- Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
Noun
midi (plural midis)
- A coat or skirt having such a hemline.
- Synonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”)
See also
- mini
- maxi
Anagrams
- imid, imid-
French
Etymology
From a compound of Old French mi (“middle”) + di (“day”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.di/
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Noun
midi m (plural midis)
- noon, midday
- south
- Synonym: sud
- (specifically) southern France, the Midi
- Synonym: Midi
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.i:
- 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.
Derived terms
- après-midi
- chercher midi à quatorze heures
- démon de midi
- voir midi à sa porte
Further reading
- “midi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲiðʲi/
Noun
midi
- genitive singular of mide
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| midi also mmidi after a proclitic | midi pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Saxon
Preposition
midi
- Alternative form of mid
Romanian
Etymology
From French midi or English midi.
Adjective
midi m or f or n (indeclinable)
- 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)
- midi; midiskirt
Watiwa
Noun
midi
- skin
Further reading
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- mi n
Etymology
From Old Norse miðja, Proto-Germanic *midjǭ and *midją (“middle”).
Noun
midi n or f (definite singular mije or mija, indefinite plural midi, definite plural mija or mijen)
- waist