midship
French, noun\mid.ʃip\
midship is spelled M-I-D-S-H-I-P (7 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Midship is a French masculine noun meaning “midshipman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans la Marine nationale, le plus jeune officier du carré (aspirant ou à défaut officier le plus jeune dans…”.
What does midship mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemidshipman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans la Marine nationale, le plus jeune officier du carré (aspirant ou à défaut officier le plus jeune dans le grade le moins élevé). Son rôle au sein du carré est codifié par la tradition. Il y est notamment en charge de son animation, aux côtés du président de carré.
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 midship
- midships plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce midship?
- \mid.ʃip\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is midship in French?
midship appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).