amid

See also: Amid and -amid

English

Etymology 1

Middle English amidde, Old English on middan, a- +‎ mid.

Alternative forms

• 'mid, mid

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪd
• IPA^(key): /əˈmɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Preposition

amid

1. In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.

   Synonyms: amongst, among

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:

     At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.

   • 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 141:

     The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.

   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎^[3]:

     Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.

   • 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC‎^[4]:

     In Osaka, the big action scenes take place with arrows as well as swords, amid glass display cases holding samurai costumes, a classic Wick setting.

Derived terms

• amidmost
• amidship
• amidships

 

Translations

surrounded by

• Arabic: بَيْن (ar) (bayn)

  Egyptian Arabic: بين (ben)

• Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ)
• Bengali: মধ্যে (bn) (moddhe)
• Bulgarian: сред (bg) (sred), между (bg) (meždu)
• Dutch: te midden van (nl)
• Finnish: keskellä (fi), vallitessa
• French: au milieu de (fr), entre (fr), parmi (fr), entouré de
• German: inmitten (de)
• Hebrew: בתוך, בין (he), בקרב
• Irish: i lár, i measc
• Italian: in mezzo a, tra (it), fra (it)
• Limburgish: emid
• Polish: wśród (pl), pośród (pl)
• Portuguese: em meio a
• Russian: среди́ (ru) (sredí) (+ genitive case), ме́жду (ru) (méždu) (+ instrumental case)
• Slovak: medzi, uprostred
• Slovene: srédi
• Spanish: rodeado por, envuelto (es), entre (es), en medio de
• Ukrainian: се́ред (séred), мі́ж (míž), по́між (pómiž)
• Welsh: ynghanol

See also

• amidst

Etymology 2

Noun

amid (plural amids)

1. Archaic form of amide.

Anagrams

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, diam, diam., maid

Amis

Noun

amid

1. gift

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmid]
• Hyphenation: amid
• Rhymes: -id

Etymology 1

ami (“what”) +‎ -d (possessive suffix)

Pronoun

amid

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of ami

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	amid	—
accusative	amidet	—
dative	amidnek	—
instrumental	amiddel	—
causal-final	amidért	—
translative	amiddé	—
terminative	amidig	—
essive-formal	amidként	—
essive-modal	amidül	—
inessive	amidben	—
superessive	amiden	—
adessive	amidnél	—
illative	amidbe	—
sublative	amidre	—
allative	amidhez	—
elative	amidből	—
delative	amidről	—
ablative	amidtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	amidé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	amidéi	—

Etymology 2

From German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) + -id (“-ide”, suffix referring to a chemical compound).

Noun

amid (plural amidok)

1. (chemistry) amide

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	amid	amidok
accusative	amidot	amidokat
dative	amidnak	amidoknak
instrumental	amiddal	amidokkal
causal-final	amidért	amidokért
translative	amiddá	amidokká
terminative	amidig	amidokig
essive-formal	amidként	amidokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	amidban	amidokban
superessive	amidon	amidokon
adessive	amidnál	amidoknál
illative	amidba	amidokba
sublative	amidra	amidokra
allative	amidhoz	amidokhoz
elative	amidból	amidokból
delative	amidról	amidokról
ablative	amidtól	amidoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	amidé	amidoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	amidéi	amidokéi

Possessive forms of amid
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	amidom	amidjaim
2nd person sing.	amidod	amidjaid
3rd person sing.	amidja	amidjai
1st person plural	amidunk	amidjaink
2nd person plural	amidotok	amidjaitok
3rd person plural	amidjuk	amidjaik

Derived terms

• dietilamid

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id.

Noun

amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid or amider, definite plural amida or amidene)

1. (chemistry) an amide

Derived terms

• karbamid

References

• “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id.

Noun

amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida)

1. (chemistry) an amide

Derived terms

• karbamid

References

• “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from New Latin am(mōniacum) +‎ -id. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mit/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amit
• Syllabification: a‧mid

Noun

amid m inan

1. (organic chemistry) amide

   amid kwasu ― acid amide

   grupa amidów ― amide group

   zawierać amid ― to contain amide

Declension

Declension of amid

	singular	plural
nominative	amid	amidy
genitive	amidu	amidów
dative	amidowi	amidom
accusative	amid	amidy
instrumental	amidem	amidami
locative	amidzie	amidach
vocative	amidzie	amidy

Derived terms

adjectives

• amidolowy
• amidowy

 

nouns

• acetamid
• amidaza
• amidol
• poliamid

 

Further reading

• amid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32

Welsh

Etymology

Adapted from English amide.

Noun

amid m (plural amidau)

1. (chemistry) amide

Derived terms

• -amid (suffix denoting a specific amide)

Related terms

• amin (“amine”)