different between medievalist vs medieval

English

Alternative forms

• (dated) mediaevalist
• (archaic) mediævalist

Etymology

From medieval +? -ist.

Noun

medievalist (plural medievalists)

1. one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages

Related terms

Translations

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.