mediano

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.

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• IPA^(key): /mediˈano/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: me‧di‧a‧no

mediano (accusative singular medianon, plural medianoj, accusative plural medianojn)

1. (statistics, geometry) median

• IPA^(key): /meˈdi̯ano/

mediano (plural mediani)

1. (statistics, geometry) median

Borrowed from Latin mediānus, whence also mezzano (an inherited doublet).

• IPA^(key): /meˈdja.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: me‧dià‧no

mediano (feminine mediana, masculine plural mediani, feminine plural mediane)

1. median

mediano m (plural mediani)

1. median
2. (rugby) halfback

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.dja.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛdjano
• Hyphenation: mè‧dia‧no

mediano

1. third-person plural present indicative of mediare

• a nome di, adenomi, demanio, madieno, madienò

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.diˈaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.d̪iˈaː.no]

mediānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mediānus

Borrowed from Latin mediānus, whence also meão (an inherited doublet).

• Hyphenation: me‧di‧a‧no

mediano (feminine mediana, masculine plural medianos, feminine plural medianas)

1. median (situated in the middle)

   Synonym: central

2. average (moderately good)
3. average in size or importance

Borrowed from Latin mediānus. Compare Old Spanish mejana.

• IPA^(key): /meˈdjano/ [meˈð̞ja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: me‧dia‧no

mediano (feminine mediana, masculine plural medianos, feminine plural medianas)

1. medium
2. average
3. mediocre

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