midi
English
French
Etymology
From Old French mi (“middle”) + di (“day”), from Latin merīdiēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.di/
Audio (file)
Noun
midi m (plural midis)
- noon, midday
- south
- Synonym: sud
- (specifically) southern France, the Midi
- Synonym: Midi
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.i:
- 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.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “midi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲiðʲi/
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
midi also mmidi after a proclitic |
midi pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
midi also mmidi after a proclitic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Saxon
Watiwa
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- mi n
Etymology
From Old Norse miðja, Proto-Germanic *midjǭ and *midją (“middle”).
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