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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

in-between en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between.

Meanings

  1. Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

Deriveds

inbetweening · in-betweeny

Translations (10)

ru промежу́точный (Lying between) · pl leżący pomiędzy (Lying between) · de dazwischenliegend (Lying between) · ru перехо́дный (Lying between) · ca intermedi (Lying between) · tl nasa pagitan (Lying between) · bg междинен (Lying between) · ar بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (Lying between) · nl tussenliggend (Lying between) · bg преходен (Lying between)

in-between en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between.

Meanings

  1. An interval or intervening time.
  2. One who intervenes.
  3. Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”).
    • “They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ‘em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ’em cause they’re colored, so they’re just inbetweens, don’t belong anywhere.[…]” 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
in-betweens Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

inbetweener · interim