• medieveal
• mediaeval(dated)
• mediæval(archaic)

FromFrenchmédiéval(“medieval”), fromLatinmedium(“middle”) +‎aevum(“age”).

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/,/ˌmiː.diˈiː.vəl/,/mɪdˈiː.vəl/

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/mɪdˈi.vəl/,/ˌmɛdiˈi.vəl/
• Rhymes:-iːvəl

medieval (comparativemoremedieval,superlativemostmedieval)

1. Of or relating to theMiddle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
2. Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:
   1. Archaic.
   2. 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."

medieval (pluralmedievals)

1. Someone living in theMiddle Ages.
2. A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).

   Thank God for modern remedies: themedievals were often useless or even harmful.

• 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)

1. medieval

• “medieval”, inAragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

• IPA^(key):(Central)[mə.ði.əˈβal]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[mə.ði.əˈval]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[me.ði.eˈval]
• Rhymes:-al

medieval m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmedievals)

1. medieval

• grec medieval

medieval m orf (pluralmedievais)

1. medieval

Frommedievo(fromLatinmedium(“middle”) +‎aevum(“age”)) +‎-al.

• Hyphenation:me‧di‧e‧val

medieval m orf (pluralmedievais)

1. medieval

• Idade Média

Borrowed fromFrenchmédiéval.

medieval m orn (feminine singularmedievală,masculine pluralmedievali,feminine and neuter pluralmedievale)

1. medieval

• medioeval(dated)

• IPA^(key):/medjeˈbal/[me.ð̞jeˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes:-al
• Syllabification:me‧die‧val

medieval m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmedievales)

1. medieval

   El castellano antiguo también se llama españolmedieval.

   Old Castilian is also calledMedieval Spanish.

• “medieval”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10