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Pronunciation / Transliteration: meˈdjɔːkre
"Il film ha ricevuto recensioni piuttosto mediocri."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Moderate or average in size, amount, or quality.
"The restaurant offered middling food at rather high prices."
- 1
Moderately; fairly or reasonably.
"He has been doing middling well in his new job."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, combining 'middle' (from Old English 'middel') with the suffix '-ing'. Historically developed in the late Middle Ages to denote a position, quality, or condition intermediate between extremes of size, quality, or degree.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Middling" is said worldwide
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moyen
Transliteration: mwajɛ̃
"Les résultats de l'entreprise sont tout à fait moyens cette année."
mittelmäßig
Transliteration: ˈmɪtl̩ˌmɛːsɪç
"Seine Leistung bei der Prüfung war nur mittelmäßig."
mediocre
Transliteration: meˈdjɔːkre
"Il film ha ricevuto recensioni piuttosto mediocri."
mediano
Transliteration: meˈdjano
"Tuvieron un éxito mediano en su primer intento."
mediano
Transliteration: me.diˈɐ̃.nu
"O desempenho da equipe foi mediano no campeonato."
औसत दर्जे का
Transliteration: ausat darje ka
"उसकी परीक्षा का प्रदर्शन औसत दर्जे का रहा।"
中等的
Transliteration: zhōngděng de
"这家餐厅的菜品质量只能算中等的。"
그저 그런
Transliteration: geujeo geureon
"그 영화의 완성도는 그저 그런 수준이었다."
中くらいの
Transliteration: naka kurai no
"彼はクラスで中くらいの成績をとった。"
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