how to pronounce medieval

/mɪˈdiːvəl/

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the above transcription of medieval is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

medieval is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of medieval in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… little bit of a medieval touch a lot of …”

meaning of medieval

Medieval means from the Middle Ages.

medieval frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word medieval occurs in english on average 10.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.