"middle-aged" meaning in English

See middle-aged in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌmɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒd/, /ˈmɪdl̩ˌeɪd͡ʒd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Arlo Barnes-middle-aged.wav Forms: more middle-aged [comparative], most middle-aged [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} middle-aged (comparative more middle-aged, superlative most middle-aged)
  1. (not comparable) Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-middle-aged-en-adj-tzPPAm9-
  2. (not comparable) Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.
    (comparable) Characteristic of middle-aged people.
    Tags: comparable, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-middle-aged-en-adj-GYUdc24W
  3. (obsolete, not comparable) Belonging to the Middle Ages; medieval. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Age
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: middleaged, middle aged, middle-ag’d [obsolete] Translations (of or relating to middle age): middeljarig (Afrikaans), كهل [masculine] (Arabic), كهلَة [feminine] (Arabic), আদহীয়া (adohia) (Assamese), মাজবয়সীয়া (mazboyoxia) (Assamese), на средна възраст (na sredna vǎzrast) (Bulgarian), 中年的 (zhōngnián de) (Chinese Mandarin), mezaĝa (Esperanto), keskealine (Estonian), keski-ikäinen (Finnish), d’âge moyen (French), entre deux âges (French), d’âge mûr (French), de mediana idade (Galician), mittleren Alters (German), अधेड़ (adheṛ) (Hindi), középkorú (Hungarian), mez-eva (Ido), meánaosta (Irish), bunaosta (Irish), 中年 (chūnen) (alt: ちゅうねん) (Japanese), taipakeke (Maori), taikaumātua (Maori), middelaldrende (Norwegian Bokmål), middelaldrande (Norwegian Nynorsk), میانسال (miyânsâl) (Persian), w średnim wieku (Polish), de meia-idade (Portuguese), ਅਧਖੜ (adhakhaṛ) (Punjabi), ਅਧੇੜ (adheṛ) (Punjabi), сре́дних лет (srédnix let) (Russian), сре̏довјечан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), srȅdovječan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), de mediana edad (Spanish), medelålders (Swedish), balubata (Tagalog), talubata (Tagalog), середнього віку (serednʹoho viku) (Ukrainian), середніх літ (serednix lit) (Ukrainian), ادھیڑ (Urdu)
Disambiguation of 'of or relating to middle age': 45 45 11

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ਅਧਖੜ"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
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      "_dis1": "45 45 11",
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      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
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    {
      "_dis1": "45 45 11",
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      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
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      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
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      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
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      "roman": "serednix lit",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
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      "_dis1": "45 45 11",
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      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "ادھیڑ"
    }
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}
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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          "ref": "1676, Rigaud, quoting Collins, Corr. Sci. Men, volume II, published 1841, page 453:",
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          "ref": "1709, Steele, Tatler, № 77, ¶ 2:",
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          "ref": "1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol:",
          "text": "If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet’s Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot — say Saint Paul’s Churchyard for instance — literally to astonish his son’s weak mind.",
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          "ref": "1886, Lowell, Gray, in Latest Lit. Ess., published 1891, page 2:",
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        "(not comparable) Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.",
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          "ref": "1710, Hearne, Collect. (O.H.S.), volume III, page 49:",
          "text": "The reading and perusing of middle-ag’d Antiquities.",
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          "ref": "1804, Mitford, Inquiry, page 318:",
          "text": "Of the modern and middle-aged Greek.",
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          "ref": "1845, Proc. Philol. Soc., volume II, page 145:",
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      "code": "af",
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      "word": "middeljarig"
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      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "আদহীয়া"
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "mazboyoxia",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "মাজবয়সীয়া"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "na sredna vǎzrast",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "на средна възраст"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngnián de",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "中年的"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "mezaĝa"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "keskealine"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "keski-ikäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "d’âge moyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "entre deux âges"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "d’âge mûr"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "de mediana idade"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "mittleren Alters"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adheṛ",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "अधेड़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "középkorú"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "mez-eva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "meánaosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "bunaosta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅうねん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūnen",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "中年"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "taipakeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "taikaumātua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "middelaldrende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "middelaldrande"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "miyânsâl",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "میانسال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "w średnim wieku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "de meia-idade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "adhakhaṛ",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "ਅਧਖੜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "adheṛ",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "ਅਧੇੜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srédnix let",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "сре́дних лет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сре̏довјечан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "srȅdovječan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "de mediana edad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "medelålders"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "balubata"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "talubata"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serednʹoho viku",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "середнього віку"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serednix lit",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "середніх літ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "of or relating to middle age",
      "word": "ادھیڑ"
    }
  ],
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}

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