amid

See also: Amid

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- +‎ mid.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪd
  • IPA(key): /əˈmɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Preposition

amid

  1. Surrounded by; in the middle of; in the center of.
    • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎:
      Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.

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Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmid]
  • Hyphenation: amid

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 —

Etymology 2

From German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) +‎ -id (“-ide; suffix referring to a chemical compound”).[1]

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
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
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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

References

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

References

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