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midfielder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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- English field English midfield Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English midfielder From midfield + -er.

Meanings

1. A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence.
   • Defensive midfielders have to see things before they happen in and out of possession. 2023 March 30, Karen Carney, “Rodri’s Manchester City role shows holding midfielders are key to success”, in The Guardian:
   • Serie A club Inter Milan – whom Eriksen had been contracted to at the time of the incident – let the midfielder move abroad as he was unable to play in Italy unless the ICD device was removed. 2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN:
   • The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card. 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

Deriveds

holding midfielder · deep-lying midfielder · box-to-box midfielder · defensive midfielder · attacking midfielder

Descendants

미드필더 · ミッドフィールダー

Relateds

midfielding · midfield

Translations (42)

az yarımmüdafiəçi (player) · nn midtbanespelar (player) · uk півзахи́сник (player) · ko 미드필더 (player) · ru полузащи́тник (player) · hu középpályás (player) · ro mijlocaș (player) · da midtbanespiller (player) · pl pomocnik (player) · hy կիսապաշտպան (player) · lb Mëttelfeldspiller (player) · ca migcampista (player) · is miðjumaður (player) · ca centrecampista (player) · mi kaunuku (player) · fi keskikenttäpelaaja (player) · es mediocampista (player) · sk stredopoliar (player) · cs záložník (player) · nb midtbanespeller (player) · pt médio (player) · ky жарым коргоочу (player) · gl centrocampista (player) · nl middenvelder (player) · gd cluicheadair-meadhain (player) · pt meio-campista (player) · pt meia (player) · ru хавбе́к (player) · ga lárpháircí (player) · tr orta saha oyuncusu (player) · sv mittfältare (player) · nb midtbanespiller (player) · fr milieu de terrain (player) · sq mesfushor (player) · es centrocampista (player) · ka ნახევარმცველი (player) · de Mittelfeldspieler (player) · cmn 中場 /中场 (player) · ja ミッドフィールダー (player) · it centrocampista (player) · vi tiền vệ (player) · gl mediocampista (player)