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.

Concepten

midden

middel

te midden van

te midden

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

medio

medio

🖕

mi-

nav

orta

μέσος

στα μέσα

ενδιάμεσος

central

médian

moyen

mediano

dentro

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mɪd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mid

Overgenomen van Oudengels: midd

Verwant aan Nederlands: midden

Verwant aan Duits: Mitte

Verwant aan IJslands: miður

Verwant aan Latijn: medius

Verwant aan Deens: midje

Verwant aan IJslands: midja

Verwant aan Latijn: 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.