middle

middle
middle [ˈmɪdl]
1. adjective
du milieu
• the middle button of his jacket le bouton du milieu de sa veste
• she's in her middle forties elle a dans les quarante-cinq ans
• to take the middle course choisir la solution intermédiaire
• I'm the middle child of three je suis le deuxième de trois enfants
2. noun
   a. milieu m
• in the middle of the night au milieu de la nuit
• in the middle of the room au milieu de la pièce
• right in the middle (of ...) au beau milieu (de ...)
• in the middle of June à la mi-juin
• by the middle of the 20th century vers le milieu du 20ème siècle
• it's in the middle of nowhere (inf) c'est dans un coin paumé (inf)
• I was in the middle of my work j'étais en plein travail
• I'm in the middle of reading it je suis justement en train de le lire
   b. ( = waist) (inf) taille f
3. compounds
► middle age noun ≈ la cinquantaine
• he's reached middle age il a la cinquantaine ► middle-aged adjective [person] d'âge moyen ; [outlook] vieux jeu inv
► the Middle Ages plural noun le Moyen Âge
► Middle America noun l'Amérique f profonde
► middle class noun
• the middle classes les classes fpl moyennes ► middle-class adjective des classes moyennes
► middle-distance race noun course f de demi-fond
► middle ear noun oreille f moyenne
► Middle East noun Moyen-Orient m
► Middle Eastern adjective du Moyen-Orient
► Middle England noun l'Angleterre f profonde
► middle finger noun majeur m
► middle-grade manager noun (US) cadre m moyen
► middle ground noun terrain m d'entente
► middle management noun cadres mpl moyens
• to be in middle management être cadre moyen ► middle manager noun cadre m moyen
► middle name noun deuxième prénom m
• discretion is my middle name (British) la discrétion est ma plus grande vertu ► middle-of-the-road adjective modéré ; [music] grand public inv
► middle school noun ≈ premier cycle m du secondaire
► middle-sized adjective [town, company] de taille moyenne
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['mɪdl] 1.
noun
1) milieu m

in the middle of — au milieu de

to be caught in the middle — être pris entre deux feux

I was in the middle of a book when... — j'étais plongé dans un livre quand...

in the middle of May — à la mi-mai

right in the middle of — en plein milieu de

to be in the middle of doing — être en train de faire

to split [something] down the middle — partager [quelque chose] en deux [bill, work]; diviser [quelque chose] en deux [group, opinion]

2) (colloq) (waist) taille f
2.
adjective [door, shelf] du milieu; [price] modéré; [size, difficulty] moyen/-enne

in middle life — au milieu de ma/ta etc vie

to be in one's middle thirties — GB avoir environ 35 ans

there must be a middle course ou way — il doit y avoir un juste milieu

to steer ou take ou follow a middle course — adopter une position intermédiaire

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in the middle of nowhere — dans un trou perdu


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