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English

Etymology

From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midwe? (“midway”), equivalent to mid- +? way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?dwe?/

Noun

midway (plural midways)

1. The middle; the midst.
2. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
3. (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
4. (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned

Synonyms

• (middle): See also Thesaurus:midpoint

Translations

Adjective

midway (comparative more midway, superlative most midway)

1. Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.

Translations

Adverb

midway (not comparable)

1. Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points

Translations

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)

1. Denoting the middle part.

   mid ocean

2. Occupying a middle position; middle.

   mid finger

   mid hour of night

3. (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 ? ?/.
4. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Midgrade marijuana, or by extension, anything of mediocre quality

Preposition

mid

1. 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)

1. (archaic) middle

Etymology 3

Clipping of mid-range.

Noun

mid (plural mids)

1. (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

1. (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

1. (in some dialects) with

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (“what”) +? -d (“your, of yours”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mid]
• Hyphenation: mid

Pronoun

mid

1. 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

1. with
2. 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

1. mid-, middle, central, intermediate
2. 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

1. with

Descendants

• Middle English: mid

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• midi, mit, mith, met

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi.

Preposition

mid

1. with

Adverb

mid

1. with, together, along