midi
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
midi (not comparable)
Noun
midi (plural midis)
See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
midi
- inflection of midar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French midi,[1] from mi (“middle”) + di (“day”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.di/
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Noun
midi m (plural midis)
- noon, midday (time of the day at which the sun reaches its highest point)
- south (cardinal direction)
- Synonym: sud
- alternative letter-case form of 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: points cardinaux: [edit]
| nord-ouest | nord septentrion |
nord-est |
| ouest couchant ponant occident |
est levant orient | |
| sud-ouest | sud midi méridien |
sud-est |
Derived terms
References
- ^ “midi” under “di”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
- ^ midi on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Further reading
- “midi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /midi/
Noun
midi
Jiiddu
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *matħ- (“head”). Cognates include Somali madax, Maay mada, Rendille matah, Garre madah, Arbore mete, Daasanach me, Yaaku miteh, Baiso mete, Oromo mataa, Beja mat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miði/
Noun
midi m (plural. mididaa)
References
Lamberti, M. (1981). Der Dialekt der Jiddu, af-Jiddu. (pp. 24, 38, 94).
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
midi oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural midis, nominative singular midis, nominative plural midi)[1]
Descendants
- Middle French:
- French: midi
References
- ^ “midi” under “di”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲiðʲi/
Noun
midi
- genitive singular of mide
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| midi also mmidi in h-prothesis environments |
midi pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
midi also mmidi |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Saxon
Preposition
midi
- alternative form of mid
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French midi or English midi.
Adjective
midi m or f or n (indeclinable)
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 | — | — | — | — | ||||
Spanish
Noun
midi m (plural midis)
Watiwa
Noun
midi
Further reading
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)