midi
French, noun/mi.di/
midi is spelled M-I-D-I (4 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written French, the 844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Midi is a French masculine noun meaning “noon, midday (time of the day at which the sun reaches its highest point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moment où le Soleil est le plus haut dans le ciel, qui partage également la durée du jour entre le soleil…”.
What does midi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenoon, midday (time of the day at which the sun reaches its highest point)
- 2
masculinesouth (cardinal direction)
- 3
masculinealternative letter-case form of Midi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moment où le Soleil est le plus haut dans le ciel, qui partage également la durée du jour entre le soleil levant et le soleil couchant. 2. La douzième heure depuis minuit. 3. Deuxième repas de la journée, déjeuner. 4. Moment où le centre du soleil se trouve dans le méridien et où commence le jour astronomique.
noun: 1. Se dit de la région sud de la France.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of midi
- midis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce midi?
- /mi.di/
- \mi.di\
- [mi.di]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to midi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is midi in French?
midi appears 98 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).