Amedieval castle.FromFrenchmédiéval(“medieval”), fromLatinmedium(“middle”) +aevum(“age”).
medieval (comparativemoremedieval,superlativemostmedieval)
- Of or relating to theMiddle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
- Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:
- Archaic.
- Brutal.
1969 March 24,New York Magazine, page58:Brute force can get you into any apartment if you want to getmedieval about it.
2003, Robert Ludlum,The Janson Directive, page579:"Oh, what a nifty idea," Collins said dryly. "Get a bunch of angry brothers with a blowtorch and some pliers and getmedieval on his ass."
of or relating to the Middle Ages
having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages
medieval (pluralmedievals)
- Someone living in theMiddle Ages.
- A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).
Thank God for modern remedies: themedievals were often useless or even harmful.
someone living in the Middle Ages
- James A. H. Murrayet al., editors (1884–1928), “Mediæval, medieval,a.and sb.”, inA New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London:Clarendon Press,→OCLC,page290, column 1.
- IPA(key): /medjeˈbal/
- Rhymes:-al
- Syllabification:me‧die‧val
medieval (pluralmedievals)
- medieval
- “medieval”, inAragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
medieval m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmedievals)
- medieval
medieval m orf (pluralmedievais)
- medieval
Frommedievo(fromLatinmedium(“middle”) +aevum(“age”)) +-al.
- (Brazil)IPA(key): /me.d͡ʒi.eˈvaw/[me.d͡ʒɪ.eˈvaʊ̯],(faster pronunciation)/me.d͡ʒjeˈvaw/[me.d͡ʒjeˈvaʊ̯]
medieval m orf (pluralmedievais)
- medieval
Borrowed fromFrenchmédiéval.
medieval m orn (feminine singularmedievală,masculine pluralmedievali,feminine and neuter pluralmedievale)
- medieval
- IPA(key): /medjeˈbal/[me.ð̞jeˈβ̞al]
- Rhymes:-al
- Syllabification:me‧die‧val
medieval m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmedievales)
- medieval
El castellano antiguo también se llama españolmedieval.- Old Castilian is also calledMedieval Spanish.
