"Median" meaning in English

See Median in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmiːdɪən/
Etymology: From Media + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Media|n}} Media + -n Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Median (not comparable)
  1. Relating to Media or Medes. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to Media or Medes): մարական (marakan) (Armenian), մեդական (medakan) (Armenian), mede [masculine] (Catalan), mèdic [masculine] (Catalan), medisk (Danish), meedialainen (Finnish), medisch (German), Méideach (Irish), мидийский (midijskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Median-en-adj-6BxxHRfm Disambiguation of 'relating to Media or Medes': 100 0
  2. (obsolete) Of laws, rules etc.: unchanging, invariable. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-Median-en-adj-fGxBFupm

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmiːdɪən/
Etymology: From Media + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Media|n}} Media + -n Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Median
  1. The northwestern Old Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian, few borrowings in Old Armenian and some glosses in Ancient Greek; nothing is known of its grammar. Categories (topical): Demonyms Synonyms: Medean, Medic Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Median terms, xme (alt: SIL), Linguist List entry for Median, code xme Translations (language): մարերեն (mareren) (Armenian), մեդերեն (mederen) (Armenian), mèdic [masculine] (Catalan), médština [feminine] (Czech), medisk (Danish), meedia (Finnish), Medisch [neuter] (German), Méidis [feminine] (Irish), مادی (mâdi) (Persian), мидийский (midijskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Median-en-name-FWYqmOtR Disambiguation of Demonyms: 11 3 73 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -n Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 64 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 2 77 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -n: 11 5 71 14

Noun

IPA: /ˈmiːdɪən/ Forms: Medians [plural]
Etymology: From Media + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Media|n}} Media + -n Head templates: {{en-noun}} Median (plural Medians)
  1. A Mede.
    Sense id: en-Median-en-noun-XYJWJvaE

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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