midi

See also: MIDI, Midi, miði, mid̪i, and mídí

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdi
• Homophones: middy, middie

Adjective

midi (not comparable)

1. Having a hemline at mid-calf length.

   midi skirt

Noun

midi (plural midis)

1. (fashion) A coat, skirt, or boot having such a hemline.
   • 2015 August 21, Lauren Cochrane, “The rise of the midi: next season's boot height”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Vogue recommends mixing midis – ie wearing the midi-boot with the midi-skirt – which is one option (very Marni), as is the current silhouette on the high street.

2. (publishing) Synonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”).

See also

• mini
• maxi

Anagrams

• imid, imid-

Catalan

Verb

midi

1. inflection of midar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French mi

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws

Proto-Italic *djous

Classical Latin diēs

Old French di

Old French midi

French midi

Inherited from Old French midi, from mi (“middle”) +‎ di (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.di/

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Noun

midi m (plural midis)

1. noon, midday (time of the day at which the sun reaches its highest point)
2. south (cardinal direction)

   Synonym: sud

3. alternative letter-case form of Midi
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:

     Mais, après tout, les propos auxquels on mêlait son nom n'étaient peut-être que des propos; du bruit, des mots, des paroles; moins que des paroles, des palabres, comme dit l'énergique langue du midi.

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Coordinate terms

compass points: points cardinaux:  ^[edit]

nord-ouest	nord septentrion	nord-est
ouest couchant ponant occident		est levant orient
sud-ouest	sud midi méridien	sud-est

Derived terms

• après-midi
• chercher midi à quatorze heures
• démon de midi
• voir midi à sa porte

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: midi

Further reading

• “midi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French midi (“noon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midi/

Noun

midi

1. noon, midday

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 130

Old French

Alternative forms

• medi, midé, middi, middiz, middy, midiz, midy, midye, miedi, mydé, mydi, mydy, myesy

Etymology

From mi + di.

Noun

midi oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural midis, nominative singular midis, nominative plural midi)

1. midday, noon

Descendants

• Middle French:
  • French: midi

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲi.ðʲi/

Noun

midi

1. genitive singular of mide

Mutation

Mutation of midi

radical	lenition	nasalization
midi also mmidi in h-prothesis environments	midi pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	midi also mmidi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Saxon

Preposition

midi

1. alternative form of mid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French midi or English midi.

Adjective

midi m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. midi

Declension

Declension of midi (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	midi		midi	midi	midi
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	midi		midi	midi	midi
	definite	—		—	—	—

Spanish

Noun

midi m (plural midis)

1. midi; midiskirt

Watiwa

Noun

midi

1. skin

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)