mid

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

Переводы

midden

medio

medio

🖕

nav

mi-

orta

στα μέσα

μέσος

mitjan

moyen

médian

μεσαίος

mediano

central

ενδιάμεσος

Произносится как (IPA)

/mɪd/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: mid

Унаследовано от староанглийский: midd

Родственно нидерландский: midden

Родственно немецкий: Mitte

Родственно исландский: miður

Родственно латинский: medius

Родственно датский: midje

Родственно исландский: midja

Родственно латинский: 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.