# amid
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English amidde, Old English on middan, a- +‎ mid.

#### Alternative forms

* 'mid, mid

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Preposition

amid
* In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
    Synonyms: amongst, among
** 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.
** 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 141:The resulting social divisions can seem so "real" and "natural" to those living amid them that there is a strong tendency to believe that they are timeless biological or scientific facts, rather than social facts that have been assembled and built up through human effort.
** 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.
** 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC‎:In Osaka, the big action scenes take place with arrows as well as swords, amid glass display cases holding samurai costumes, a classic Wick setting.

##### Derived terms

* amidmost
* amidship
* amidships

##### Translations
#### See also

* amidst

#### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “amid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

amid (plural amids)
* Archaic form of amide.

### Anagrams

* Dima, Madi, aim'd, diam, diam., maid

## Amis
### Noun

amid
* gift

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒmid]
* Hyphenation: amid
* Rhymes: -id

### Etymology 1

ami (“what”) +‎ -d (possessive suffix)

#### Pronoun

amid
* second-person singular single-possession possessive of ami
    Értékeld azt, amid van! (informal) ― Appreciate what you have. (literally, “…that which you have”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

amid (plural amidok)
* (chemistry) amide

##### Derived terms

* dietilamid

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## 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)
* (chemistry) an amide

#### Derived terms

* karbamid

### References

* “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id.

### Noun

amid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida)
* (chemistry) an amide

#### Derived terms

* karbamid

### References

* “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from New Latin am(mōniacum) +‎ -id. First attested in the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.mit/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amit
* Syllabification: a‧mid

### Noun

amid m inan
* (organic chemistry) amide
    amid kwasu ― acid amide
    grupa amidów ― amide group
    zawierać amid ― to contain amide

#### Derived terms

* amidolowy
* amidowy
* acetamid
* amidaza
* amidol
* poliamid

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amid”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

### Further reading

* amid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32

## Welsh
### Etymology

Adapted from English amide.

### Noun

amid m (plural amidau)
* (chemistry) amide

#### Derived terms

* -amid (suffix denoting a specific amide)

#### Related terms

* amin (“amine”)

### References

* ↑ Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 15