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mid
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle.
Adjective
mid (not comparable)
- Denoting the middle part.
- mid ocean
- Occupying a middle position; middle.
- mid finger
- mid hour of night
- (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, /e o ? ?/.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Midgrade marijuana, or by extension, anything of mediocre quality
Preposition
mid
- Amid.
Derived terms
See also those listed at Category:English words prefixed with mid-.
Related terms
- midday
- midnight
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midj?, *midj?, *midjô (“middle, center”) < *midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”). See also median, Latin medianus.
Noun
mid (plural mids)
- (archaic) middle
Etymology 3
Clipping of mid-range.
Noun
mid (plural mids)
- (disc golf) A mid-range.
Etymology 4
From or representing German mit, and/or perhaps German Low German mid. Although Middle English had a native preposition mid with this same meaning ("with"), it had fallen out of use by the end of the 1300s and survived into the modern English period only in the compounds mididone, midwife, and theremid.
Preposition
mid
- (in representations of German-accented English) With.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:mid.
References
- mid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- DMI, Dim, IDM, IM'd, IMD, MDI, dim, dim.
German Low German
Alternative forms
- met (in some dialects)
- mit (in some dialects)
- möt (Low Prussian)
Etymology
From Middle Low German mit, mid, from Old Saxon mid. Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), German mit (“with”). For more, see Middle English mid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?t/
Preposition
mid
- (in some dialects) with
Hungarian
Etymology
mi (“what”) +? -d (“your, of yours”, possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mid]
- Hyphenation: mid
Pronoun
mid
- second-person singular single-possession possessive of mi
Declension
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English mid (“with, in conjunction with, in company with, together with, into the presence of, through, by means of, by, among, in, at (time), in the sight of, opinion of”, preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *midi (“with”).
Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), Low German mit (“with”), German mit (“with”), Danish med (“with”), Icelandic með (“with”), Ancient Greek ???? (metá, “among, between, with”), Albanian me (“with, together”), Sanskrit ????? (smat, “together, at the same time”).
Alternative forms
- med, medde, midde, mide, mit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mid/
Preposition
mid
- with
- amid, amidst
References
- “mid (adj. & pref.)” in the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English midd
Alternative forms
- med, medde, midde, mide, mit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mid/
Adjective
mid
- mid-, middle, central, intermediate
- that is or are in the middle or intermediate in time
Descendants
- English: mid
References
- “mid (adj. & pref.)” in the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001)
Old English
Alternative forms
- mit, miþ, mið
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *midi. Compare Old Saxon mid, Old High German mit, Old Norse með.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mid/
Preposition
mid
- with
Descendants
- Middle English: mid
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- midi, mit, mith, met
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *midi.
Preposition
mid
- with
Adverb
mid
- with, together, along
mid From the web:
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centre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sen.t?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?n.t?/, [?s?.???]
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [?s????]
- Hyphenation: cen?tre
- Rhymes: -?nt?(r)
- Homophone: sinner (pin-pen merger)
- Homophone: center
Noun
centre (plural centres)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
centre (third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center
Translations
Anagrams
- Center, center, recent, tenrec
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?sen.t??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?sen.t?e/
Noun
centre m (plural centres)
- center (point in the interior of a circle)
- center (middle portion of something)
- center (place where some function or activity occurs)
- center (topic that is particularly important)
- downtown (business center of a city)
Derived terms
Related terms
- central
- cèntric
Further reading
- “centre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “centre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “centre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “centre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Adverb
centre
- centrally
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron, “sharp point”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??t?/
- (FR) IPA(key): [s??t?], [s??t?]
Noun
centre m (plural centres)
- centre, center
- (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “centre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- créent
- récent
Portuguese
Verb
centre
- first-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
- first-person singular imperative of centrar
- third-person singular imperative of centrar
Spanish
Verb
centre
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of centrar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of centrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of centrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of centrar.
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