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[edit] Etymology

Old English middel

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈmɪdəl/, SAMPA: /"mId@l/
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Rhymes: -ɪdəl

[edit] Noun

Singular
middle

Plural
middles

middle (plural middles)

A centre, midpoint

The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
The part between the beginning and the end.
(cricket) the middle stump
The central part of a human body.

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centre, midpoint

Armenian: մեջտեղ hy(hy) (meǰteġ), կենտրոն hy(hy) (kentrom)
Czech: střed cs(cs) m.
Danish: midte da(da) c.
Finnish: keskipiste fi(fi), keskusta fi(fi)
Greek: μέση el(el) f. (mési), μέσο el(el) (méso) n.
Hungarian: középpont hu(hu)
Irish: lár ga(ga) m.

Kurdish: ناوه‌ند, ناوه‌ڕاست
Pashto: منځ ps(ps) (manz) m.
Persian: میان fa(fa) (miyân)
Russian: середина ru(ru) (seredína) f.
Santali: ᱜᱚᱵᱷᱚ (gabha)
West Frisian: middel fy(fy) n.

part between beginning and end

Armenian: մեջտեղ hy(hy) (meǰteġ)
Finnish: keskialue, keskikohta, puoliväli
Greek: μέση el(el) f. (mési)
Hungarian: közép hu(hu)
Irish: lár ga(ga) m., meán ga(ga) m.

central part of human body

Finnish: keskikeho, keskivartalo
Greek: μέση el(el) f. (mési)
Hungarian: derék hu(hu)

Irish: lár ga(ga) m.
Persian: میان fa(fa) (miyân), کمر fa(fa) (kamar)

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Afrikaans: medium af(af)
Albanian: mes sq(sq) m.
Arabic: المنتصف
Bengali: (majh)
Bosnian: među bs(bs)
Bulgarian: среден (sreden)
Catalan: mig ca(ca) m.
Chinese: 中央 (zhōng yāng)
Croatian: sredina hr(hr) f.
Dutch: midden nl(nl)
Esperanto: mezo
Estonian: keskpaik et(et)
Faeroese: miðja
French: milieu fr(fr)
Georgian: შუაგული ka(ka) (shuaguli)
German: Mitte de(de) f.
Hebrew: אֶמְצַע (emtza')
Icelandic: miðja f.
Indonesian: titik tengah id(id)

Italian: mezzo it(it) m., metà it(it) f.
Japanese: 中間 (ちゅうかん) (chūkan)
Korean: 중앙 (jung-ang)
Latin: medium la(la)
Latvian: viduklis
Lithuanian: vidurys
Malay: tengah ms(ms)
Mongolian: дунд (dund)
Norwegian: midten no(no)
Old English: middel
Persian: کمر (kamar)
Polish: środek pl(pl)
Portuguese: meio pt(pt) m.
Romanian: mijloc ro(ro)
Sardinian: mesu m.
Serbian: средина sr(sr) (sredina)
Slovak: polovica sk(sk)
Spanish: medio es(es) m.
Sranan: mindri
Swahili: kati sw(sw)
Swedish: mitt sv(sv)
Tagalog: gitna
Telugu: మధ్య (madhya)
Thai: จุดกึ่งกลาง (jòot gèung glaang)
Turkish: orta tr(tr)
Ukrainian: середній uk(uk) (serédnij)
Vietnamese: giữa vi(vi)
Welsh: canol vi(vi)
Yucatec: chumuk
Zulu: phakathi (nc 12)

[edit] Adjective

middle (not comparable)

Positive
middle

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

Being in the middle or in-between; as middle point, middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages, middle weight, etc.
Central to.

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See also Wikisaurus:intermediate

[edit] Translations

being in the middle or in-between

Arabic: وسط (wásaʈ)
Armenian: միջին hy(hy) (miǰin)
Chinese: 中間, 中间 (zhōngjiàn)
Dutch: midden nl(nl)
Finnish: keski- fi(fi)
French: milieu fr(fr)
German: Mittel- de(de), mittlere de(de)
Hungarian: középső hu(hu)
Italian: medio it(it)
Japanese: 中間の (chūkan no)

Korean: 중앙의 (jung-ang-ui)
Latvian: vidus-, vidējais
Pashto: منځنى ps(ps) (manzanai) m.
Persian: ميانه fa(fa) (miyâna or miyâne)
Portuguese: médio pt(pt)
Russian: средний ru(ru) (srédnij)
Slovak: stredný -á -é, prostredný -á -é
Spanish: medio es(es)
Swedish: mellerst sv(sv)
Telugu: మధ్య (madhya)

central

Finnish: keskeinen fi(fi)
Pashto: منځنى ps(ps) (manzanai) m.

Persian: مياني fa(fa) (miyâni), مركزي fa(fa) (markazi)

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