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midfielder

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English field English midfield Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English midfielder From midfield + -er.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mesfushor — player
  • Armenian: կիսապաշտպան (kisapaštpan) — player
  • Azerbaijani: yarımmüdafiəçi — player
  • Catalan: migcampista — player
  • Catalan: centrecampista — player
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中場 /中场 (zhōngchǎng) — player
  • Czech: záložník — player
  • Danish: midtbanespiller — player
  • Dutch: middenvelder — player
  • Finnish: keskikenttäpelaaja — player
  • French: milieu de terrain — player
  • Galician: centrocampista — player
  • Galician: mediocampista — player
  • Georgian: ნახევარმცველი (naxevarmcveli) — player
  • German: Mittelfeldspieler — player
  • Hungarian: középpályás — player
  • Icelandic: miðjumaður — player
  • Irish: lárpháircí — player
  • Italian: centrocampista — player
  • Japanese: ミッドフィールダー (middofīrudā) — player
  • Korean: 미드필더 (mideupildeo) — player
  • Kyrgyz: жарым коргоочу (jarım korgoocu) — player
  • Luxembourgish: Mëttelfeldspiller — player
  • Māori: kaunuku — player
  • Norwegian Bokmål: midtbanespiller — player
  • Norwegian Bokmål: midtbanespeller — player
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: midtbanespelar — player
  • Polish: pomocnik — player
  • Portuguese: meia — player
  • Portuguese: médio — player
  • Portuguese: meio-campista — player
  • Romanian: mijlocaș — player
  • Russian: полузащи́тник (poluzaščítnik) — player
  • Russian: хавбе́к (xavbɛ́k) — player
  • Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair-meadhain — player
  • Slovak: stredopoliar — player
  • Spanish: mediocampista — player
  • Spanish: centrocampista — player
  • Swedish: mittfältare — player
  • Turkish: orta saha oyuncusu — player
  • Ukrainian: півзахи́сник (pivzaxýsnyk) — player
  • Vietnamese: tiền vệ — player
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