Mediocre

English

Etymology

< Latin mediocris (“‘in a middle state, of middle size, middling, moderate, ordinary’”) < medius (“‘middle’”); see medium.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmiː.diːˌəʊ.kə/

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Adjective

Mediocre (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Mediocre

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Superlative {{{2}}}

1. Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;

   I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.

Synonyms

• middling
• See also Wikisaurus:intermediate

Related terms

• mean
• medium
• mediate
• mediation
• mediator
• median
• mediocrity

Translations

Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality

Chinese: Simplified Chinese: 平庸 Traditional Chinese: 平庸 Pinyin: pingyong Czech: průměrný cs(cs) m. Danish: middelmådig Dutch: middelmatig nl(nl) Finnish: keskiverto, keskimääräinen; (in a negative sense) keskinkertainen French: médiocre fr(fr) German: mittelmäßig de(de) Greek: μέτριος el(el) (métrios) m., (colloquial) παρακατιανός el(el) (parakatianós) m. Icelandic: miðlungs-, meðallags- Indonesian: Biasa Saja

Italian: mediocre it(it) Japanese: 平凡 (へいぼん, heibon) Korean: hangul: 평범한 romaja: pyŏngbŏm han Latin: mediocris la(la) m. and f., mediocre la(la) n. Macedonian: среден mk(mk) (sréden) m., просечен mk(mk) (prósečen) m. Norwegian: middelmådig Portuguese: medíocre pt(pt) Russian: посредственный ru(ru) (posr'édstv'ennyj) Spanish: mediocre es(es) Swedish: medelmåttig sv(sv)

External links

• Mediocre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Mediocre in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Adjective

mediocre m and f (m and f plural mediocri)

1. mediocre, ordinary, middling,
2. second-rate, poor, shoddy

Synonyms

• (1) comune, ordinario
• (2) scadente, scarso

Noun

mediocre m. and f. (plural mediocri)

1. mediocre person; mediocrity

Related terms

• medio
• mediocremente
• mediocrità

Anagrams

• cdeeimor,
• decimerò

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Latin

Adjective

Mediocre

1. nominative neuter singular of mediocris
2. accusative neuter singular of mediocris

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Spanish

Adjective

Mediocre m. and f. (plural Mediocres)

1. mediocre

Related terms

• mediocridad

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