🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

comprimento médio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kõpɾiˈmẽtu ˈmɛdju

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Average-Length/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ lɛŋkθ/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Um romance de comprimento médio geralmente contém cerca de 80.000 palavras."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Referring to a typical or mean length of a particular set of items or phenomena.

    "The average-length novel typically contains around 80,000 words."
  2. 2

    Used to describe something that is neither long nor short, but falls within a common range.

    "He chose an average-length shirt that would fit comfortably."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'average' originates from the Old French 'avere', meaning 'to have', which evolved in Middle English to denote a mean or typical value. 'Length' comes from the Old English 'length', which has Germanic roots, referring to the measurement of something from end to end.

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