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MIDI¹

  • /ˈmɪdi/

Rhymes with -ɪdi

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDI channel number 10 is reserved for percussion.

noun MIDIs

  1. informal A computerized music file in the MIDI format. When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist.

Midi²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Midi (literally “south”).

proper noun the Midi

  1. A cultural region referring to the south of France; approximately corresponding to the regions where Occitan is or was spoken. Some thousands of French Huguenots settled in the South between 1670 and the end of the seventeenth century; but these immigrants included many French of the Midi, so that the newcomers tended to intensify characteristics already developing in the native population under climatic influences.

midi³

  • /ˈmɪdi/

Sounds like middy, middie · Rhymes with -ɪdi

adjective

  1. not comparable Having a hemline at mid-calf length. midi skirt
  2. not comparable Of medium length. a midi cucumber

noun midis

  1. A coat, skirt, or boot having such a hemline. 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. Synonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”).

    Similar: Berliner

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: du, pic, twelve, noon, afternoon, lunchtime, lunch, paris, meridian, midday, noontime, noonday, noontide, zenith, apex, midnoon

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Chicago

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@misc{midi_2026,
  title = {midi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/midi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}