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middelmannetjie

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmanəki/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmanətʃi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmænəki/
  • General-American: /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmænət͡ʃi/
  • General-South-African: /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmʌnəki/

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noun

Meaning 1

A ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Africa

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans middelmannetjie (“little man in the middle”) (analysable as middel (“middle”) + man (“man”) + -etjie (“diminutive suffix”)), from Dutch middel (“middle”) + mannetje (“a short man”) (from man (“man”) + -etje, a variant of -tje (diminutive suffix)).