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語源

From 中期英語 midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from 古期英語 midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- +‎ winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”).

発音

• IPA: /ˌmɪdˈwɪntə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪdˌwɪntə(ɹ)/

名詞

midwinter (countable and uncountable, plural midwinters)

1. The middle of winter.
   • 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:

     Except for the mid-winter period, when the 11.30 a.m. from Paddington and its opposite number will be withdrawn - Torquay now has seven daily expresses to and from Paddington as compared with five down and six up previously.

   • 2016 February 1, Lisa Rose, “Punxsutawney Phil: Friend or foe? A Groundhog Day investigation”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 25 April 2016:

     For more than a century, groundhogs have been midwinter luminaries, scampering into the spotlight on February 2 to divine whether the second half of the season will be cold or mild.

2. The winter solstice; about December 21st or 22nd.

反意語

• midsummer

派生語

発音

• IPA: /ˈmidˌwin.ter/

名詞

midwinter m

1. the middle of winter; midwinter, Christmas
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday of the Lord's Advent"

     Þēos tīd oþ midne winter is ġecweden Adventus Dominī, þæt is "Dryhtnes tōcyme."

     This time until midwinter is called Adventus Domini, that is "the coming of the Lord."

使用する際の注意点

• In cases other than the strong nominative singular, the prefix usually becomes the adjective midd and is inflected: Ne bēoþ nāne wilde blostman on midne winter (“There are no wildflowers in the middle of winter”). Middæġ (“noon”), midniht (“midnight”), and midsumor (“midsummer”) work the same way.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• middes wintres mæssedæġ

派生した語

• Middle English: mydwinter, midewinter, midwenter, midwinter, midwynter, myde-wynter, mydwynter, mydwyntyr
  • English: midwinter