mezzanine, n.f., (arch.) mezzanine.

mezzo-termine, n.m., () medium, middle course; mean.

mezzotinto, n.m., () mezzotint.

mgr., (ab. of Monseigneur) my lord.

mi, invariable particle, mid, middle, half. Joined to the names of the months, or to the word carême, it forms with them feminine compound nouns which require the article; la mi-carême; Mid-Lent; la mi-août; the middle of August. It may also be joined to the nouns corps, jambe, chemin, mur, côte, terme, sucre, when the compound words thus formed require the preposition à and do not admit of the article: à mi-côte; half-way up the hill. À —-chemin; half-way. À —-mât; half-mast high. À —-jambe; half-way up the leg; past the knees. A mi-corps; up to the waist. V. mi-parti.

mi, n.m., (mus.) E, mi.

miasmatique, adj., miasmatic, malarious.

miasme, n.m., miasma, miasm, noxious exhalation.

miaulement (miôl-mān), n.m., mewing.

miauler, v.n., to mew.