midi

1. not comparableHaving a hemline at mid-calf length.

   midi skirt

2. not comparableOf medium length.

   a midi cucumber

plural midis

1. fashionA coat, skirt, or boot having such a hemline.

   Vogue recommends mixing midis – ie wearing the midi-boot with the midi-skirt – which is one option (very Marni), as is the current silhouette on the high street.

   2015 August 21, Lauren Cochrane, “The rise of the midi: next season's boot height”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

2. mediaSynonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”).

   Synonyms: Berliner

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

   MIDI channel number 10 is reserved for percussion.

   1 more example

   The podules Acorn plans to release include network cards (for Econet and Ethernet), ROM cards containing application software, a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) sound card, an extended I/O card, […]

   1987, Byte, volume 12, numbers 10-11, page 126

plural MIDIs

1. informalfile formatA computerized music file in the MIDI format.

   When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist.

   1998, Judi N. Fernandez, WAVs, MIDIs & RealAudio: Enjoying Sound on Your Computer

1. A cultural region referring to the south of France; approximately corresponding to the regions where Occitan is or was spoken.

   Start to haggle and you’ll realise they’re speaking not only French but something earthier. This is Occitan, ancient language of the Midi, the Pyrenees and parts of north-west Italy.

   2024 July 20, Fiona Sampson, “The other Dordogne: exploring France’s unspoiled Périgord region”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2024

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   Some thousands of French Huguenots settled in the South between 1670 and the end of the seventeenth century; but these immigrants included many French of the Midi, so that the newcomers tended to intensify characteristics already developing in the native population under climatic influences.

   1907 June 28, E. N. Vallandigiiam, “Our Men of the Midi”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025

   For sale: 75-acre peach and grape farm in the Midi, France - £595,000. Farmhouse included. […] Not surprisingly, the average age of French farmers has dropped from 55 to 40 during the past 15 years. But even so, the owner of the Midi farm has discovered the hard way that a move across the channel is not without risk.

   2006 October 29, Jill Insley, “French leave that wasn't so fruitful”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2014