mid-air en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English mid-air From mid- + air.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The middle of the air, as while in flight.
The 44-metre landslip north of Hook left track hanging in mid-air as the clay embankment collapsed beneath it.
2023 January 25, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Landslip wrecks London commuter services for 'weeks'”, in RAIL, number 975, page 8:The dog ran, jumped, and caught the ball in mid-air.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| midair | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
cmn 半空 (middle of the air) · yue 中天 (middle of the air) · ar جَوّ (middle of the air) · ja 中空 (middle of the air) · ru в во́здухе (middle of the air) · tr havada (middle of the air) · fi lennosta (middle of the air) · cmn 中天 (middle of the air) · ru на лету́ (middle of the air) · no i lufta (middle of the air) · it mezz'aria (middle of the air) · ja 上空 (middle of the air) · ja 空中 (middle of the air) · ja 宙 (middle of the air) · fi ilmassa (middle of the air) · ja 中天 (middle of the air)