different between medieval vs miniver

English

Alternative forms

• (dated) mediaeval
• (archaic) mediæval

Etymology

From French médiéval (“medieval”), from Latin medium (“middle”) + aevum (“age”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d.i.?i?.v?l/, /?mi?.di.?i?.v?l/, /m?d.?i?.v?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m?d.?i.v?l/, /?m?di.?i.v?l/

Adjective

medieval (comparative more medieval, superlative most medieval)

1. Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
2. Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:
   1. Archaic.
   2. Brutal.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

medieval (plural medievals)

1. Someone living in the Middle Ages.
2. A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).

Translations

Aragonese

Adjective

medieval

1. medieval

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /m?.di.??val/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /m?.di.??bal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.di.e?val/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

medieval (masculine and feminine plural medievals)

1. medieval

Derived terms

• grec medieval

Galician

Adjective

medieval m or f (plural medievais)

1. medieval

Portuguese

Adjective

medieval m or f (plural medievais, comparable)

1. medieval

Romanian

Etymology

From French médiéval

Adjective

medieval m or n (feminine singular medieval?, masculine plural medievali, feminine and neuter plural medievale)

1. medieval

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• medioeval

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /medje?bal/, [me.ð?je???al]

Adjective

medieval (plural medievales)

1. medieval

Further reading

• “medieval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• meniver, menyvere

Etymology

from Old French menu vair (“squirrel, squirrel fur”), from menu (“small”) + vair (“a type of fur”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?n?v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n?v?/

Noun

miniver (countable and uncountable, plural minivers)

1. A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.

Translations

References

• miniver in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.