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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "mid"}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|3}}

===See also===
* {{langcat|mid}}

==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/mɪd/}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪd|s=1}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mid.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|en|enm|mid}}, {{m|enm|midde}}, from {{inh|en|ang|midd|t=mid, middle, midway}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*midi}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*midjaz|t=mid, middle|pos=adjective}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*médʰyos|t=between, in the middle, middle}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|midden|t=in the middle}}, {{cog|de|Mitte|t=center, middle, mean}}, {{cog|is|miður|t=middle|pos=adjective}}, {{cog|la|medius|t=middle|pos=noun and adjective}}. See also {{m|en|middle}}. The slang sense may be influenced by terms such as {{m|en|middling}} and {{m|en|midwit}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# Denoting the middle part.
#: {{ux|en|'''mid''' ocean}}
# Occupying a middle position; middle.
#: {{ux|en|'''mid''' finger}}
#: {{ux|en|'''mid''' hour of night}}
# {{lb|en|linguistics}} 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, {{IPAchar|[e o ɛ ɔ]}}.
# {{lb|en|originally|AAVE|_|and|_|Internet slang}} [[mediocre|Mediocre]]; of [[middling]] quality.
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/07/26/1020734173/lil-nas-x-feat-jack-harlow-industry-baby|work=w:NPR|passage=The song is one of his best, but its real power comes from the accompanying, highly-stylized video wherein Lil Nas X breaks out of a prison populated with Black gay men (and, for an unspecified reason, Jack Harlow in an unseemly role as the Straight White Savior who delivers a verse that is '''mid''' at best and inappropriate at worst).|title=Lil Nas X, 'INDUSTRY BABY'|date=July 26, 2021|author=Reanna Cruz}}
#* {{quote-journal|en-US|author=w:James Poniewozik|title=The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV|work=The New York Times|date=2024-04-27|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/arts/television/mid-tv.html|issn=0362-4331|passage=I’ve watched all of these shows. They’re not bad. They’re simply … '''mid'''. Which is what makes them, frustratingly, as emblematic of the current moment in TV as their stars’ previous shows were of the ambitions of the past.}}
# {{lb|en|internet slang|by extension}} [[trashy|Trashy]]; [[low-quality]].

=====Related terms=====
{{col-auto|en
|midness
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|denoting the middle part}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|среден}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mitjan}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|midden}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|keski-}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mi-}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|en medio}}, {{t+|es|central}}, {{t|es|del centro}}, {{t+|es|intermedio}}, {{t|es|a mitad}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|occupying a middle position; middle}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|среден}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|midden}}, {{t+|nl|middel}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|keski-}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mi-}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|medio}}, {{t+|es|intermedio}}, {{t+|es|central}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mitjà}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|te midden van}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|välinen}}
* German: {{t+|de|mittel}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-see|related to age|about}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|a mediados de}} {{qualifier|plural age}}, {{t+|es|medios}} {{qualifier|singular age}}, {{t+|es|intermedios}} {{qualifier|singular age}}, {{t+|es|medianos}} {{qualifier|singular age}}, {{t+|es|medio}} {{qualifier|-añero}}, {{t+|es|intermedio}} {{qualifier|-añero}}, {{t+|es|mediano}} {{qualifier|-añero}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Preposition====
{{en-prep}}

# [[amid|Amid]].
#: {{ux|en|'''Mid''' the best.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|amid}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|وَسَط}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сред}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|midden}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|keskellä}}, {{t+|fi|joukossa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Derived terms====
''See also those listed at'' [[:Category:English terms prefixed with mid-]].
{{der3|en|title=terms derived from adjective and preposition
|early-to-mid
|mid-autumn
|Mid Calder
|Mid Clyth
|<!--"midday" is from Old English-->
|Mid Devon
|midfall
|Mid Glamorgan
|Mid Murray
|<!--"midnight" is from Old English-->
|Mid North
|Mid North Coast
|midseason
|midshipman
|Mid Suffolk
|Mid Sussex
|midsummer
|Mid West
|Mid-Western
|mid-winter
|close-mid|mid hundreds|mid off|mid on|mid youth|open-mid}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|midday}}<!--from Old English-->
* {{l|en|midnight}}<!--from Old English-->

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|mid}}, {{m|enm|midde}}, from {{inh|en|ang|midd||midst, middle|pos=noun}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*midją}}, {{m|gem-pro|*midjǭ}}, {{m|gem-pro|*midjô||middle, center}} < {{m|gem-pro|*midjaz}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*médʰyos||between, in the middle, middle}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|Mitte||center, middle, midst}}, {{cog|da|midje||middle}}, {{cog|is|midja||middle}}. See also {{m|en|median}}, {{cog|la|mediānus}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|archaic}} [[middle]]
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3|V|iii|passage=About the '''mid''' of night come to my tent.}}

===Etymology 3===
{{clipping|en|mid-range}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|disc golf}} A [[mid-range]].

===Etymology 4===
From or representing {{der|en|de|mit}}, and/or perhaps {{der|en|nds-de|mid}}. Although Middle English had a native preposition {{m|enm|mid}} with this same meaning ("with"), it had fallen out of use by the end of the 1300s<ref>{{R:OED}}</ref> and survived into the modern English period only in the compounds {{m|en|midwife}} and {{m|en|theremid}}.

====Preposition====
{{en-prep}}

# {{lb|en|in representations of German-accented English}} [[with|With]].
#* {{seeCites|en}}

===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dim|DMI|Dim|IDM|IM'd|IMD|MDI|dim|dim.}}

{{cln|en|three-letter words}}

==German Low German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|nds-de|met||in some dialects}}
* {{alter|nds-de|mit||in some dialects}}
* {{alter|nds-de|möt||Low Prussian}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|nds-de|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}
From {{inh|nds-de|gml|[[mit]], [[mid]]}}, from {{inh|nds-de|osx|mid}}. Cognate with {{cog|frr|mits|t=with}}, {{cog|nl|met|t=with}}, {{cog|de|mit|t=with}}. For more, see {{cog|enm|mid}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nds-de|/mɪt/}}

===Preposition===
{{head|nds-de|preposition}}

# {{lb|nds-de|in some dialects}} [[with]]

==Hungarian==

===Etymology===
{{affix|hu|mi|-d|t1=what|t2=your, of yours|pos2=possessive suffix|nocat=y}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{hyphenation|hu|mid}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|hu|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|hu|mi||2|s|spos|poss}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|mide|e|n=sg}}

{{cln|hu|three-letter words}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|enm|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
Inherited from {{inh|enm|ang|mid||with, in conjunction with, in company with, together with, into the presence of, through, by means of, by, among, in, at (time), in the sight of, opinion of|pos=preposition}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*midi||with}}.

Cognate with {{cog|frr|mits||with}}, {{cog|nl|met||with}}, {{cog|nds|mit||with}}, {{cog|de|mit||with}}, {{cog|da|med||with}}, {{cog|is|með||with}}, {{cog|grc|μετά||among, between, with}}, {{cog|sq|me||with, together}}, {{cog|sa|स्मत्||together, at the same time}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|med|medde|midde|mide|mit}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/mid/}}

====Preposition====
{{head|enm|preposition}}

# {{l|en|with}}
# {{l|en|amid}}, {{l|en|amidst}}

=====References=====
* “[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED27645 mid (adj. & pref.)]”<!-- scanno for “& prep.”? --> in the ''{{w|Middle English Dictionary}}'' (1954–2001)

===Etymology 2===
{{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}
{{inh+|enm|ang|midd}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|med|medde|midde|mide|mit}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/mid/}}

====Adjective====
{{enm-adj}}

# {{l|en|mid-}}, {{l|en|middle}}, {{l|en|central}}, {{l|en|intermediate}}
# that is {{n-g|or}} are in the middle {{n-g|or}} intermediate in {{l|en|time}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|mid}}

=====References=====
* “[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED27645 mid (adj. & pref.)]”<!-- scanno for “& prep.”? --> in the ''{{w|Middle English Dictionary}}'' (1954–2001)

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nn|non|miðr}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*midjaz|t=middle, mid}}, from {{der|nn|ine-pro|*medʰyo-|t=middle}}. 

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/mɪː/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|nn|adjective|g=mf|neuter|midt|comparative|midre|superlative|midst}}

# [[middle]]

====Derived terms====
{{der3|nn
|{{l|nn|midt}} {{q|adverb}}
|{{l|nn|middag||midday, dinner}}
|{{l|nn|midstad}}
|{{l|nn|midaldra}}
|{{l|nn|midalder}}
|{{l|nn|midbolk}}
|{{l|nn|midgard}}
|{{l|nn|midjærs||in the middle of Jæren}}
|{{l|nn|midland}}
|{{l|nn|midliv}}
|{{l|nn|midmorgon||the middle of the morning}}
|{{l|nn|midnatt}}, {{l|nn|midnette}}
|{{l|nn|midpunkt}}
|{{l|nn|midskule||middle school}}
}}

====Related terms====
{{der3|nn
|{{l|nn|medal}}
|{{l|nn|mellom}}, {{l|nn|millom}} ({{l|nn|midjom}})
|{{l|nn|midje}}
|{{l|nn|midling}}
|{{l|nn|midlung}}
}}

===References===
* {{R:Aasen}}

==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|mit|miþ|mið}}
* {{alter|ang|mið||Mercian|Northumbrian}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*midi}}. Compare {{cog|osx|mid}}, {{cog|goh|mit}}, {{cog|non|með}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|mid}}

===Preposition===
{{ang-prep}}

# [[with]]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], ''[[w:Old English Hexateuch|the Old English Hexateuch]]'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=QrZUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA72 Genesis 29:19]
#*: {{quote|ang|Lēofre mē is þæt iċ hīe selle þē þonne ōðrum menn. Wuna '''mid''' mē!|I'd rather give her to you than to someone else. Stay '''with''' me!}}
# [[by]]
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/XIII "THE ANNUNCIATION OF ST. MARY."]
#*: {{quote|ang|"God underfeng his cnapan Israhel." '''Mid''' þam naman syndon getacnode ealle ða þe Gode gehyrsumiað mid soðre eadmodnysse, þa he underfehð to his werode.|"God hath received his servant Israel." '''By''' that name are betokened all those who obey God with true humility, whom he receives into his company.}}
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/XXII "On the Holy Day of Pentecost"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Þa geleaffullan brohton heora feoh, and ledon hit æt ðæra apostola foton. '''Mid''' þam is geswutelod þæt cristene men ne sceolon heora hiht besettan on woroldlice gestreon, ac on Gode anum. Se gítsere ðe beset his hiht on his goldhord, he bið swa swa se apostol cwæð, "þam gelíc þe deofolgyld begæð."|The faithful brought their money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles. '''By''' this is manifested that christian men should not set their delight in worldly treasure, but in God alone. The covetous who sets his delight in his gold-hoard, is, as the apostle said, "like unto him who practiseth idolatry."}}
# [[as]]
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/IV "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"]
#*: {{quote|ang|'''Mid''' þam ðe se apostol Iohannes stop into ðære byrig Ephesum, þa bær man him togeanes anre wydewan líc to byrigenne; hire nama wæs Drusiana.|'''As''' the apostle John was entering the city of Ephesus, there was borne towards him the corpse of a widow to be buried; her name was Drusiana.}}
# [[on]]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/282/mode/ "The Prayer of Moses (Mid-Lent)"]
#*: {{quote|ang|...ofer ða readan sæ siðodon '''mid''' fotum...|...they had journeyed '''on''' foot over the Red Sea,...}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|mid}}

==Old Irish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sga|pgl|*ᚋᚓᚇᚒ}}, from {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*medu}}, from {{inh|sga|ine-pro|*médʰu}}.<ref>{{R:cel:EDPC|261|head=*medu}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sga|/mʲið/}}

===Noun===
{{sga-noun|n|meda}}

# [[mead]]
#* {{RQ:sga:MonTall|40|passage=mesce tre ol corma(e) nó chingiti '''meda(e)'''|translation=tipsiness through drinking beer or a goblet of '''mead'''}}

====Inflection====
{{sga-decl-u|g=n|med|n=s}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sga|mesc|t=drunk}}
* {{l|sga|Midgen|lit=mead-born}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|mga|mid}}
** {{desc|ga|meá}}
** {{desc|gd|meadh}}

===Mutation===
{{sga-mutation|m|id}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:DIL|32157|head=1 mid}}

{{C|sga|Alcoholic beverages}}

==Old Saxon==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|osx|midi}}, {{l|osx|mit}}, {{l|osx|mith}}, {{l|osx|met}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|osx|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|osx|gmw-pro|*midi}}.

===Preposition===
{{head|osx|preposition}}

# [[with]]

===Adverb===
{{head|osx|adverb}}

# [[with]], [[together]], [[along]]

==Somali==

===Etymology===
From {{der|so|cus-pro|-}}. Cognates include {{cog|bji|micca}} and {{cog|hdy|mato}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|so|numeral}}

# [[one]]

===References===
* ''Somali Wörterbuch'' by M. A. Farah - D. Heck (Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1993)