different between midi vs didi

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?di
• Homophones: middy, middie

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”)

See also

• mini
• maxi

Anagrams

• imid, imid-

French

Etymology

Either reformed in Old French from Old French mi (“middle”) + di (“day”), or inherited from Latin mer?di?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.di/

Noun

midi m (plural midis)

1. noon, midday
2. south

   Synonym: sud

3. (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
• voir midi à sa porte

Further reading

• “midi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ið?i/

Noun

midi

1. genitive singular of mide

Mutation

Old Saxon

Preposition

midi

1. Alternative form of mid

Spanish

Noun

midi m (plural midis)

1. midi; midiskirt

Watiwa

Noun

midi

1. 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 *midj? and *midj? (“middle”).

Noun

midi n or f (definite singular mije or mija, indefinite plural midi, definite plural mija or mijen)

1. waist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (d?d?, literally “an elder woman, used as a form of respect”).

Noun

didi (plural didis)

1. (India) A respectful term of address to any familiar older woman.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare titi.

Noun

didi

1. (childish) a baby bottle

Verb

didi

1. (childish) to nurse; to suck

Etymology 2

Undetermined.

Noun

didi

1. to slit

Latin

Verb

d?d?

1. present passive infinitive of d?d?

Limos Kalinga

Adverb

didí

1. there (far from both the speaker and the listener)

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /didi/

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (d?d?)

Noun

didi

1. sister

   Synonym: ser