Meanings
nounmid-air (uncountable)
alternative midair
- uncountableThe middle of the air, as while in flight.
The dog ran, jumped, and caught the ball in mid-air.
1 more example
The 44-metre landslip north of Hook left track hanging in mid-air as the clay embankment collapsed beneath it.
2023 January 25, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Landslip wrecks London commuter services for 'weeks'”, in RAIL, number 975, page 8
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Germanic*midjaz
- Proto-West Germanic*midi
- Old Englishmidd
- Middle Englishmid
- Englishmid
- Englishmid-
- Latināēr
- Old Frenchair
- Middle Englishaire
- Englishair
- Englishmid-air
Translations
Arabic جَوّ
- جَوّ (jaww)middle of the air
Chinese Cantonese 中天
- 中天 (zung¹ tin¹)middle of the air
Chinese Mandarin 半空, 中天
- 半空 (bànkōng)middle of the air
- 中天 (zhōngtiān)middle of the air
Finnish ilmassa, lennosta
- ilmassamiddle of the air
- lennostamiddle of the air
Italian mezz'aria
- mezz'ariamiddle of the air
Japanese 空中, 上空
- 空中 (kūchū)middle of the air
- 上空 (jōkū)middle of the air
- 宙 (chū)middle of the air
- 中空middle of the air
- 中天 (chūten)middle of the air
Norwegian i lufta
- i luftamiddle of the air
Russian в во́здухе, на лету́
- в во́здухе (v vózduxe)middle of the air
- на лету́ (na letú)middle of the air
Turkish havada
- havadamiddle of the air
Cite this entry
APA
mid-air. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-air
MLA
“mid-air.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-air. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mid-air,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-air.
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