medieval

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmɛdiˈiːvəl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌmidiˈivəl, ˌmɛdi-, ˌmɪdi-, mɪdˈivəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mē′dē ēvəl, med′ē-, mid′ē-, mid ēvəl)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
me•di•e•val or me•di•ae•val /ˌmidiˈivəl, ˌmɛdi-, ˌmɪdi-, mɪdˈivəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. World Historyof, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages:medieval architecture.
me•di•e•val•ist, n. [countable]See -medi-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
me•di•e•val  (mē′dē ēvəl, med′ē-, mid′ē-, mid ēvəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. World Historyof, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages:medieval architecture.Cf. Middle Ages. 
  2. Informal Termsextremely old-fashioned;
    primitive.
Also, mediaeval. 
  • Neo-Latin medi(um) aev(um) the middle age + -al1. See medium, age
  • 1820–30
me′di•eval•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
medieval, mediaeval /ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl/ adj
  1. of, relating to, or in the style of the Middle Ages
  2. informal old-fashioned; primitive
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin medium aevum the middle age. See medium, age
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
me•di•ae•val  (mē′dē ēvəl, med′ē-, mid′ē-, mid ēvəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. medieval.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mediaeval /ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəl/ adj
  1. a variant spelling of medieval
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