mediocre

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

Adjective

mediocre (comparative more mediocre, superlative most mediocre)

Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.

Synonyms

middling
See also Wikisaurus:intermediate

Related terms

Translations

Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality

Arabic: متوسط (ar)
Catalan: mediocre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平庸 (cmn) (píngyōng), 平凡 (cmn) (píngfán)
Czech: průměrný (cs) m
Danish: middelmådig
Dutch: middelmatig (nl)
Finnish: keskiverto, keskimääräinen; (in a negative sense) keskinkertainen, hääppöinen (fi)
French: médiocre (fr)
German: mittelmäßig (de)
Greek: μέτριος (el) (métrios) m, (colloquial) παρακατιανός (el) (parakatianós) m
Hungarian: középszerű (hu), közepes (hu)
Icelandic: miðlungs-, meðallags-

Indonesian: Biasa Saja
Italian: mediocre (it)
Japanese: 平凡 (ja) (へいぼん, heibon)
Korean: 평범한 (ko) (pyeongbeom-han)
Latin: mediocris (la)
Macedonian: среден (mk) (sréden) m, просечен (mk) (prósečen) m
Norwegian (bokmål): middelmådig (no)
Polish: średni m, mierny m
Portuguese: medíocre (pt)
Romanian: mediocru (ro) m, mediocră (ro) f
Russian: посредственный (ru) (posrédstvennyj), заурядный (ru) (zaurjádnyj), средний (ru) (srédnij)
Spanish: mediocre (es)
Swedish: medelmåttig (sv)