mid-air

See also: midair

English

Alternative forms

• midair

Etymology

From mid- +‎ air.

Noun

mid-air (uncountable)

1. The middle of the air, as while in flight.

   The dog ran, jumped, and caught the ball in mid-air.

   • 2023 January 25, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Landslip wrecks London commuter services for 'weeks'”, in RAIL, number 975, page 8:

     The 44-metre landslip north of Hook left track hanging in mid-air as the clay embankment collapsed beneath it.

Translations

middle of the air

Arabic: جَوّ m (jaww) Chinese: Cantonese: 中天 (zung1 tin1) Mandarin: 半空 (zh) (bànkōng), 中天 (zh) (zhōngtiān) Finnish: ilmassa (fi), lennosta Italian: mezz'aria m Japanese: 空中 (ja) (くうちゅう, kūchū), 上空 (ja) (じょうくう, jōkū), 宙 (ja) (ちゅう, chū), 中空 (ja) (ちゅうくう, chūkū, なかぞら, nakazora), 中天 (ja) (ちゅうてん, chūten) Norwegian: i lufta Russian: в во́здухе (ru) (v vózduxe), на лету́ (ru) (na letú) Turkish: havada

Anagrams

• ramidi