different between meh vs mediocre

English

Etymology 1

• Popularized by the television show The Simpsons, specifically in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?/

Adjective

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

1. Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
2. Apathetic; unenthusiastic.

Translations

Interjection

meh

1. (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

Synonyms

• pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh

Translations

Noun

meh

1. (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese ? (me1).

Particle

meh

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Final interrogative particle.

Anagrams

• 'hem, Hem, hem, hem-

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mef

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (compare Latvian maût (“to submerge”), Serbo-Croatian m?ti (“to wash”)).

Verb

meh (first-person singular past tense meha)

1. I soak

Related terms

• muf

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (megha, “cloud”).

Noun

meh ?

1. rain

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) , “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx?^[8], pages 13-36

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian ???? (mah), Ossetian ??? (mæj), Avestan ????????? (m??), ????????????????????? (mao?h)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit ??? (m??sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ???? (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?h

Noun

meh f

1. month

Related terms

• mang

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German m?ro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, English more.

Adjective

meh

1. more

Adverb

meh

1. any longer
2. more
3. anymore

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) mij?h

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *m?x?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mê?x/

Noun

m?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. blower, bellows
2. goatskin, wineskin

Declension

Related terms

• mešina

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mé?x/

Noun

m??h m inan

1. bellows

Inflection

Further reading

• “meh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?h/

Noun

meh

1. Fort Liard form of mbeh

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 11

Spanish

Interjection

meh

1. meh

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *me?? (“mother”). Cognate with Thai ??? (m???), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (m?), Lü ??? (mae¹), Shan ??? (m?ae), Ahom ???????????? (mee), Bouyei meeh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /me?/
• Tone numbers: me⁶
• Hyphenation: meh

Noun

meh (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography me?)

1. mother

   Synonym: daxmeh

2. woman; female

Classifier

meh (old orthography me?)

1. Used for adult women who have given birth.
2. Used for female animals that have given birth or laid eggs.

Adjective

meh (old orthography me?)

1. main; principal

Derived terms

English

Alternative forms

• mediocer (obsolete)
• médiocre (dated)

Etymology

From the late Middle English medioker, from the French médiocre, from the Middle French médiocre, from the Classical Latin mediocris (“in a middle state”, “of middle size”, “middling”, “moderate”, “ordinary”), from medius (“middle”) + ocris (“rugged mountain”); compare mediocrely and mediocrity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mi?d????k?/, /?mi?d????k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?midi?o?k??/

Adjective

mediocre (comparative more mediocre, superlative most mediocre)

1. Having no peculiar or outstanding features; not extraordinary, special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality, almost always with a negative connotation.

   Synonyms: common, commonplace, ordinary

   Antonyms: great, distinguished, exceptional, outstanding, remarkable, peculiar, excellent

Related terms

Translations

Noun

mediocre (plural mediocres)

1. A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim; a common and undistinguished person.
   • 2014, Todd Whitaker, Dealing with Difficult Teachers, Third Edition (page 84)

     After this lecture, how do the mediocres feel? They probably feel indifferent or mad. Perhaps they were not even paying attention. The question is, are they more likely to be in the hallway tomorrow? Probably not.

   Antonym: great

2. (historical) A member of a socioeconomic class between the upper ranks of society and the agricultural workers.

Translations

References

Further reading

• mediocre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mediocre in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• mediocer

Catalan

Adjective

mediocre (masculine and feminine plural mediocres)

1. mediocre

Derived terms

• mediocrement

Related terms

• mediocritat

Further reading

• “mediocre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Adjective

mediocre (plural mediocri)

1. mediocre, ordinary, middling

   Synonyms: comune, ordinario

2. second-rate, poor, shoddy

   Synonyms: scadente, scarso

Noun

mediocre m or f (plural mediocri)

1. mediocre person; mediocrity

Related terms

Anagrams

• decimerò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me?di.o.kre/, [m??d?i?k??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me?di.o.kre/, [m??d?i??k??]

Adjective

mediocre

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of mediocris

Portuguese

Adjective

mediocre m or f (plural mediocres, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of medíocre

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?djok?e/, [me?ð?jo.k?e]

Adjective

mediocre (plural mediocres)

1. mediocre

Related terms

• mediocridad

Further reading

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