mediano
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin mediānus (“middle, central”), from medius (“middle”). Compare Italian mediano, Polish mediana, French médian, Yiddish מעדיאַן (medyan), Russian медиана (mediana). Doublet of medio and mezo.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [mediˈano]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: me‧di‧a‧no
Noun
mediano (accusative singular medianon, plural medianoj, accusative plural medianojn)
- (statistics, geometry) median
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdi̯ano/
Noun
mediano (plural mediani)
- (statistics, geometry) median
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin mediānus, whence also mezzano (an inherited doublet).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdja.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: me‧dià‧no
Adjective
mediano (feminine mediana, masculine plural mediani, feminine plural mediane)
- median
Noun
mediano m (plural mediani)
- median
- (rugby) halfback
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.dja.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛdjano
- Hyphenation: mè‧dia‧no
Verb
mediano
- third-person plural present indicative of mediare
Anagrams
- a nome di, adenomi, demanio, madieno, madienò
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈaː.noː/, [mɛd̪iˈäːnoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.diˈa.no/, [med̪iˈäːno]
Adjective
mediānō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mediānus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mediānus, whence also meão (an inherited doublet).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/ [me.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /meˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈɐ.no/ [me.d͡ʒɪˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /meˈd͡ʒjɐ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈdjɐ.nu/ [mɨˈðjɐ.nu]
- Hyphenation: me‧di‧a‧no
Adjective
mediano (feminine mediana, masculine plural medianos, feminine plural medianas)
- median (situated in the middle)
- Synonym: central
- average (moderately good)
- average in size or importance
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mediānus. Compare Old Spanish mejana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdjano/ [meˈð̞ja.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: me‧dia‧no
Adjective
mediano (feminine mediana, masculine plural medianos, feminine plural medianas)
- medium
- average
- mediocre
Derived terms
- medianil
Related terms
- medio
Further reading
- “mediano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014