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# midi

noun (a midi, midis); adjective (midi); abbreviation (MIDI)

«midi» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A midi is a skirt or dress that reaches the middle of the lower leg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#m1)
2. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a way for electronic instruments and computers to send music notes to each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#m2)
3. Midi is French for «noon» or «south» (French), as in «le Midi», the south of France. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music technology lessons, a MIDI keyboard plays sounds through a computer. In fashion, «midi skirt» is between mini and maxi. In French lessons, «midi» means midday: «à midi» = at noon.

### Examples

- She wore a blue midi dress to the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#x1)
- Plug the MIDI keyboard into the laptop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#x2)
- The game's music was made with MIDI files. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#x3)
- In French, «midi» means twelve o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#x4)
- Mini, midi, maxi — short, middle, long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#x5)
- We had lunch at midi in Paris. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «MID-ee». MIDI is written in capitals when it means the music system. Not the same as «middy».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «midi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midi/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«midi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/midi.html) on Mova free.