middle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A centre, midpoint.
2. The part between the beginning and the end.
3. The middle stump.
4. The central part of a human body; the waist.
5. The middle voice.
6. the center of the political spectrum.

Adj

1. Located in the middle; in between.
2. Central.
3. Pertaining to the middle voice.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To take a middle view of.
2. (obsolete) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.

Concepts

milieu

centre

central

moyen

intermédiaire

noyau

cœur

mi-chemin

intérieur

le milieu

mi-point

au milieu

millieu

bambou

partie centrale

entre

entre-temps

provisoire

à mi-chemin

insistance

pivot

point d’équilibre

point milieu

demi

moitié

partiellement

entier

pendant

du milieu

au milieu de

parmi

taille

ventre

coeur

œil

mitan

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɪdəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English middel, from Old English middel, middle (“middle, centre, waist”), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with West Frisian middel, Dutch middel, German mittel (“middle”, adjective), German Mittel (“middle, means”, noun), Danish middel (“means, agent, medicine; middle/medium”). Related also to Swedish medel (“means, medium”), Icelandic meðal (“means, medicine”). See also mid.

Phrases

In the middle is Apollo the god of art , music and poetry .

Au milieu est Apollo le dieu de l'art, de la musique et de la poésie.

The Shade River flows predominantly as three streams , its east , middle , and west branches .

La rivière Shade s'écoule principalement en trois ruisseaux, ses branches est, moyen et ouest.