English Explanatory Dictionary

Mediterranean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.
name
  1. Ellipsis of the Mediterranean Sea: a sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.
  2. A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and West Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
noun
  1. Synonym of Mediterranid.
  2. Ellipsis of Mediterranean food, a style of food originating from the (often European or Near Eastern, as opposed to African) lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mediterranean.wav [mɛɾɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən] [mɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnjən] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Mediterranean.wav

Word forms

Mediterranean more Mediterranean most Mediterranean the Mediterranean Mediterraneans

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðjos Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin mediterrāneus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mediterranean From Latin mediterrāneus (“inland”) [from medius (“middle”) + terra (“earth, land”) + -āneus (adjectival suffix)] + -an.

Synonyms

Mediterranid

Related words

medium middle Middle-earth Middle Earth terra Terran terrestrial

Derived words

familial Mediterranean fever medicane Mediterranean anchovy Mediterranean anemia Mediterranean back Mediterranean basin Mediterranean blue Mediterranean climate Mediterranean coast fever Mediterranean cypress Mediterranean Deep Water Mediterranean diet Mediterranean disease Mediterranean dwarf palm Mediterranean eddy Mediterranean erythematous fever Mediterranean exanthematous fever Mediterranean fan palm Mediterranean fever Mediterranean flour moth Mediterranean forest Mediterranean front Mediterranean fruit fly Mediterranean Games Mediterranean gecko Mediterranean gull Mediterranean hackberry Mediterranean-hemoglobin E disease Mediterranean house gecko Mediterranean Irish Mediterranean Irishman Mediterraneanise Mediterraneanize Mediterranean lens Mediterranean lenses Mediterranean Lingua Franca Mediterranean lymphoma Mediterranean monk seal Mediterraneanness Mediterranean outflow Mediterranean parrotfish Mediterranean pine Mediterranean race Mediterranean recluse spider Mediterranean region Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean shearwater Mediterranean snapdragon Mediterranean spearfish Mediterranean spotted fever Mediterranean Squadron Mediterranean States Mediterranean Station Mediterranean stone pine Mediterranean Theater of Operations Mediterranean theileriosis Mediterranean triad Mediterranean tropical cyclone Mediterranean water

Translations

Catalan: conca del Mediterrani Czech: Středomoří Dutch: Middellandse Zee Finnish: Välimeren alue French: Bassin méditerranéen French: Monde méditerranéen Galician: rexión mediterránea Greek: Μεσόγειος Indonesian: Mediterania Macedonian: Медитера́н Macedonian: Средоземје Pannonian Rusyn: Медитеран Pannonian Rusyn: Штредожемє Pannonian Rusyn: Стредожемє Polish: Śródziemnomorze Portuguese: região do Mediterrâneo Portuguese: Mediterrâneo Russian: Средиземномо́рье Thai: เมดิเตอร์เรเนียน Ukrainian: Середземномо́р'я Welsh: Canoldir
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