midi

See also: MIDI, Midi, miði, mid̪i, and mídí

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdi
• 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-

Catalan

Verb

midi

1. inflection of midar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

French

Etymology

From a compound of Old French mi (“middle”) + di (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.di/

• Audio:

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Noun

midi m (plural midis)

1. noon, midday
2. south

   Synonym: sud

3. (specifically) southern France, the Midi

   Synonym: Midi

   • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:

     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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) point cardinal;

nord-ouest	nord septentrion	nord-est
ouest couchant ponant occident		est levant orient
sud-ouest	sud midi méridien	sud-est

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.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French midi (“noon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midi/

Noun

midi

1. noon, midday

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiðʲi/

Noun

midi

1. genitive singular of mide

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
midi also mmidi after a proclitic ending in a vowel	midi pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Saxon

Preposition

midi

1. Alternative form of mid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French midi or English midi.

Adjective

midi m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. midi

Declension

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	midi		midi	midi	midi
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	midi		midi	midi	midi
	definite	—		—	—	—

Declension of midi (invariable)

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)