Meaning

3 senses

  1. Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

    mittelalterlich, mittelalterlich

    средневеко́выйsrednevekóvyj, средневеко́выйsrednevekóvyj

    середньові́чнийserednʹovíčnyj

    relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

  2. Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:

    Archaic.

  3. Brutal.

Examples

85 sentences

  1. You're the only person I know besides me who likes medieval music.

    deDu bist außer mir die einzige Person, die ich kenne, die Mittelaltermusik mag. — Hime

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  2. I want to visit a medieval village.

    Я хочу відвідати середньовічне село. — Anjy

    ruЯ хочу посетить средневековую деревню. — corvard

    deIch möchte ein mittelalterliches Dorf besichtigen. — Hime

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  3. There are many medieval castles in Europe.

    Є багато середньовічних замків у Європі. — Anjy

    ruВ Европе много средневековых замков. — Wezel

    deEs gibt viele mittelalterliche Burgen in Europa. — Hime

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  4. In medieval times, empiricists were often considered charlatans.

    У середньовіччі емпірики часто вважалися шарлатанами. — deniko

    ruВ Средние века эмпирики часто воспринимались как шарлатаны. — Selena777

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  5. My major is medieval European history.

    ruМоя специальность - история средневековой Европы. — soniamiku

    deMein Hauptfach ist europäische Geschichte des Mittelalters. — Tamy

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or relating to the Middle Ages:
Русский
By meaning 1
of or relating to the Middle Ages:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to the Middle Ages:

Origin

From French médiéval (“medieval”), from Latin medium (“middle”) + aevum (“age”).

From French médiéval (“medieval”), from Latin medium (“middle”) + aevum (“age”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more medieval, most medieval
Comparativemore medieval Lesson
Superlativemost medieval Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened:mediaevalgothic
  • relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages:mediaeval
  • characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages:chivalricknightlymediaeval

Word family

25 related words
Derivedantimedievalget medievalmedievaldommedievalesquemedievalishmedievalismmedievalistmedievalisticmedievalisticsmedievalitymedievalizemedieval literaturemedievallymedievalnessmedievaloidmedieval studiesmedieval synthesismedievisticsmedireviewneomedievalnonmedievalpostmedievalpremedievalpseudomedieval

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
medicinalmedicineA1mediocreB2mediocrityC2meditateB1

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