תיכון

Hebrew

Root
ת־ו־ך (t-w-k)
9 terms

Etymology

תּוֹךְ (tókh, “inside”) +‎ ־וֹן (-ón). Compare רִאשׁוֹן (rishón, “first”) from רֹאשׁ (rósh, “head”).

The sense high school is an ellipsis of בֵּית סֵפֶר תִּיכוֹן (“high school”), and the sense median is a semantic loan from English.

Adjective

תִּיכוֹן • (tikhón) (feminine תִּיכוֹנָה, masculine plural תִּיכוֹנִים, feminine plural תִּיכוֹנוֹת) [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

  1. middle, central

Derived terms

Noun

תִּיכוֹן • (tikhón) m (plural indefinite תִּיכוֹנִים, singular construct תִּיכוֹן־, plural construct תִּיכוֹנֵי־)

  1. (colloquial, education) high school
  2. (geometry, statistics) a median

Synonyms

  • (high school): חטיבה עליונה
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