mid

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (no-comparative) Occupying a middle position; middle.
2. (no-comparative) 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 ɛ ɔ].
3. (no-comparative) Mediocre; of middling quality.
4. (Internet, broadly, no-comparative) Trashy; low-quality.

Noun

The middle of the battlefield.

Adv

To or into the middle of the battlefield.

Prep

Amid.

Noun

middle

Noun

A mid-range.

Prep

With.

Sinonieme

middle

midst

among

in

amid

medium

central

medial

mean

median

average

amidst

intermediate

transitional wave

center

interspace

so-so

mid-

middle-level

intermedius meso

intermediary

midterm

medial mean

centre

Vertalings

midden

medio

medio

🖕

nav

mi-

orta

στα μέσα

μέσος

mitjan

moyen

médian

μεσαίος

mediano

central

ενδιάμεσος

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɪd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mid

Geërf van Old English: midd

Verwante met Nederlands: midden

Verwante met Duits: Mitte

Verwante met Yslands: miður

Verwante met Latyn: medius

Verwante met Deens: midje

Verwante met Yslands: midja

Verwante met Latyn: mediānus

In summary

Inherited 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 *médʰyos (“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. The slang sense may be influenced by terms such as middling and midwit.