mi-temps
\mi.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“mi-temps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans certains sports (notamment au football), moitié du temps du jeu, marquée par une pause.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mi-temps · mi-temps · French
mi-temps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mi-temps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mi-temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mi-temps in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mi-temps, spelled M-I---T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Dans certains sports (notamment au football), moitié du temps du jeu, marquée par une pause.
- 2Toute la durée de cette pause.
- 3Chacune des deux moitiés de jeu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mi-temps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques minutes avant la fin de la première mi-temps, un joueur de Bordeaux crochète un Marseillais dans la surface de réparation. Je siffle le penalty indiscutable.
Il est allé boire une boisson gazeuse pendant la mi-temps.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.