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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|in-|between|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "in-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "between", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "in-between", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="in-between"> From in- + between. Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} in-between
  1. Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary. Derived forms: in-betweeny, inbetweening Translations (Lying between): بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (bayna bayna) (Arabic), междинен (meždinen) (Bulgarian), преходен (prehoden) (Bulgarian), intermedi (Catalan), tussenliggend (Dutch), dazwischenliegend (German), leżący pomiędzy (Polish), перехо́дный (perexódnyj) (Russian), промежу́точный (promežútočnyj) (Russian), nasa pagitan (Tagalog)
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Noun [English]

Forms: in-betweens [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between From in- + between. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|in-|between|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English between English in-between [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "in-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "between", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "in-between", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="in-between"> From in- + between. Head templates: {{en-noun}} in-between (plural in-betweens)
  1. An interval or intervening time. Synonyms: interim
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  2. One who intervenes.
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  3. Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”). Synonyms: inbetweener [synonym, synonym-of]
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