medieval
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See also: médiéval
English
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Alternative forms
[edit ]- mediaeval (Commonwealth )
- mediæval (dated )
Etymology
[edit ]From French médiéval ("medieval"), from Latin medium ("middle") + aevum ("age").
Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/, /ˌmiː.diˈiː.vəl/, /mɪdˈiː.vəl/
- (General American ) IPA (key): /mɪdˈi.vəl/, /ˌmɛˈdi.vəl/
- Rhymes: -iːvəl
Adjective
[edit ]medieval (comparative more medieval, superlative most medieval)
- Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
- 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, "The oldest family in the world", in Jewish Telegraphic Agency [1] :
- The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, "The Unbroken Chain," which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.
- Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:
- Archaic .
- Brutal .
- 1969 March 24, New York Magazine, page 58:
- Brute force can get you into any apartment if you want to get medieval about it.
- 2003, Robert Ludlum, The Janson Directive, page 579:
- "Oh, what a nifty idea," Collins said dryly. "Get a bunch of angry brothers with a blowtorch and some pliers and get medieval on his ass."
Derived terms
[edit ]- antimedieval
- get medieval
- Medieval Climate Anomaly
- Medieval Climate Optimum
- medievaldom
- medieval embroidery
- medievalesque
- medieval guipure
- medievalish
- medievalism
- medievalist
- medievalistic
- medievalistics
- medievality
- medievalize
- Medieval Latin
- medieval literature
- medievally
- medievalness
- medievaloid
- medieval studies
- medieval synthesis
- Medieval Warm Period
- medievistics
- medireview
- neomedieval
- nonmedieval
- post-medieval
- postmedieval
- premedieval
- pseudomedieval
- unmedieval
Translations
[edit ]of or relating to the Middle Ages
- Aragonese: meyebal
- Armenian: միջնադարյան (hy) (miǰnadaryan)
- Asturian: medieval
- Bashkir: урта быуат (orta bıwat)
- Belarusian: сярэдневяко́вы (sjarednjevjakóvy)
- Breton: krennamzerel (br)
- Bulgarian: средновеко́вен (bg) (srednovekóven)
- Catalan: medieval (ca)
- Chinese:
- Czech: středověký (cs)
- Danish: middelalderlig
- Dutch: middeleeuws (nl) , (mediaevaal) mediëvaal
- Esperanto: mezepoka (eo)
- Estonian: keskaeg (et)
- Finnish: keskiaikainen (fi)
- French: médiéval (fr)
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: midsiuwsk
- Galician: medieval (gl)
- German: mittelalterlich (de)
- Greek: μεσαιωνικός (el) (mesaionikós)
- Hebrew: בֵּינַיְמִי m (beináimi)
- Hungarian: középkori (hu)
- Ido: mezepoka
- Irish: meánaoiseach
- Italian: medievale (it) m or f
- Japanese: 中世の (ja) (ちゅうせいの, chūsei no)
- Kazakh: ортағасырлық (ortağasırlıq)
- Korean: 중세의 (ko) (jungse'ui)
- Latin: (New-Latin) mediaevalis
- Macedonian: средновековен (srednovekoven)
- Marathi: मध्ययुगीन (madhyayugīn)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: middelaldersk , middelalderlig
- Occitan: medieval (oc) , medieval (oc)
- Polish: średniowieczny (pl)
- Portuguese: medieval (pt)
- Romanian: medieval (ro)
- Russian: средневеко́вый (ru) (srednevekóvyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: средњовѐко̄внӣ , средњовјѐко̄внӣ
- Latin: srednjovèkōvnī , srednjovjèkōvnī (sh)
- Slovak: stredoveký (sk)
- Slovene: srednjeveški (sl)
- Spanish: medieval (es)
- Swedish: medeltida (sv)
- Tagalog: medyebal
- Tajik: асримиёнагӣ (tg) (asrimiyonagi)
- Ukrainian: середньові́чний (serednʹovíčnyj)
- Vietnamese: trung cổ (vi)
- Welsh: canoloesol
having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages
- Armenian: միջնադարյան (hy) (miǰnadaryan)
- Danish: middelalderlig
- Dutch: middeleeuws (nl) , (mediaevaal) mediëvaal
- Finnish: keskiaikainen (fi)
- French: médiéval (fr) , moyenâgeux (fr)
- Galician: medieval (gl) m or f
- German: mittelalterlich (de)
- Greek: μεσαιωνικός (el) (mesaionikós)
- Hungarian: középkorias (hu)
- Irish: meánaoiseach
- Portuguese: medieval (pt)
- Russian: средневеко́вый (ru) (srednevekóvyj)
- Swedish: medeltida (sv)
brutal — see brutal
Noun
[edit ]medieval (plural medievals )
- Someone living in the Middle Ages.
- A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).
- Thank God for modern remedies: the medievals were often useless or even harmful.
Translations
[edit ]a medieval thing
- Dutch: middeleeuws (nl)
- French: médiéval (fr) m
- German: mittelalterlich (de) (adjective; the substantive being understood by context)
- Greek: μεσαιωνικός (el) m (mesaionikós)
- Portuguese: medieval (pt) m or f
- Spanish: medieval (es)
someone living in the Middle Ages
- Dutch: middeleeuwer (nl) m
- French: médiéval (fr) m
- Greek: μεσαιωνικός (el) m (mesaionikós)
- Portuguese: medieval (pt) m or f
- Swedish: medeltidsmänniska c
Further reading
[edit ]- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), "Mediæval, medieval, a. and sb.", in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary ), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290, column 1.
Aragonese
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]medieval (plural medievals )
References
[edit ]- "medieval", in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Catalan
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- IPA (key): (Northern , Central ) [mə.ði.əˈβal]
- IPA (key): (Balearic ) [mə.ði.əˈval]
- IPA (key): (Valencia ) [me.ði.eˈval]
- IPA (key): (Northwestern ) [me.ði.eˈβal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
[edit ]medieval m or f (masculine and feminine plural medievals )
Derived terms
[edit ]Galician
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]medieval m or f (plural medievais )
Portuguese
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From medievo (from Latin medium ("middle") + aevum ("age")) + -al .
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: me‧di‧e‧val
Adjective
[edit ]medieval m or f (plural medievais )
Related terms
[edit ]Further reading
[edit ]- "medieval", in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- "medieval", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Etymology tree
Borrowed from French médiéval . By surface analysis, mediu ("middle") + ev ("age") + -al .
Adjective
[edit ]medieval m or n (feminine singular medievală , masculine plural medievali , feminine/neuter plural medievale )
Declension
[edit ]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | medieval | medievală | medievali | medievale | ||
| definite | medievalul | medievala | medievalii | medievalele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | medieval | medievale | medievali | medievale | ||
| definite | medievalului | medievalei | medievalilor | medievalelor | |||
Spanish
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]medieval m or f (masculine and feminine plural medievales )
- medieval
- El castellano antiguo también se llama español medieval.
- Old Castilian is also called Medieval Spanish.
Further reading
[edit ]- "medieval", in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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