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

• IPA^(key): /mediˈano/

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: me‧di‧a‧no

Noun

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

1. (statistics, geometry) median

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdi̯ano/

Noun

mediano (plural mediani)

1. (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)

1. median

Noun

mediano m (plural mediani)

1. median
2. (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

1. third-person plural present indicative of mediare

Anagrams

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mediānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mediānus

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈdja.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -anɔ
• Syllabification: me‧dia‧no

Noun

mediano f

1. vocative singular of mediana

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/, (faster) /meˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdjɐ.nu/ [mɨˈðjɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdjɐ.nu/ [mɨˈðjɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdja.nu/ [mɨˈðja.nu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdjɐ.nu/

• Rhymes: -ɐnu
• Hyphenation: me‧di‧a‧no

Adjective

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

Further reading

• “mediano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mediano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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)

1. medium
   • 2024 February 3, Amanda Schupak, “¿Quieres saber cuánto tiempo vivirá tu perro? Mide su nariz”, in CNN en Español‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 March 2024:

     “Un macho de tamaño mediano y cara plana, como un bulldog, tiene tres veces más probabilidades de vivir una vida más corta que una hembra de tamaño pequeño y cara larga, como un perro salchicha miniatura o un galgo italiano”, dijo Kirsten McMillan, especialista en datos. científico de Dogs Trust, la organización benéfica para perros más grande del Reino Unido, y autora principal del artículo publicado en la revista Scientific Reports.

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2. average
3. mediocre

Derived terms

• medianil
• pico mediano
• serreta mediana

Related terms

• medio

Further reading

• “mediano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025