Learn How to Pronounce MEDIEVAL – MEDIEVAL in a Sentence

Learn How to Pronounce MEDIEVAL – MEDIEVAL in a Sentence

Learn how to pronounce MEDIEVAL correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see MEDIEVAL in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.

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The word MEDIEVAL is an adjective made up of 4 syllables.

Stress the 3rd syllable. It is pronounced:
med◦ee◦EE◦vul

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Definition:
relating to the Middle Ages*
informal: old-fashioned or primitive

*The period between the fall of Rome in 476 C.E. and the Renaissance in the 13th to 15th centuries in Europe

The clipart shows a medieval peasant.

Here is an illustrated sentence example.

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The picture shows a medieval knight in armour.

Sentence example: For several years, a weekend festival was held in St. Ives, near Sydney, Australia, in which a showground was transformed into Medieval Europe, with encampments representing seven centuries of history.

For medieval used in an informal sense, to mean something old-fashioned or primitive, see this example.

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The picture shows a surgeon holding a scalpel.

Sentence example: It seemed almost medieval that the scalpel method was used when there are options available using laser treatment.

Note: “seemed almost medieval” is a common collocation.

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Examples of MEDIEVAL from news items:

To flip through the pages of a 13th century manuscript, one might believe the medieval era was beleaguered by more snaky dragons and man-murdering bunnies than temperamental tween girls.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/movies/catherine-called-birdy-review.html

The service, in the Gothic medieval abbey where Elizabeth was married in 1947 and crowned in 1953, will be attended by 2,000 people ranging from world leaders to health care workers and volunteers.
Source: Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/sep/19/britain-and-the-world-to-lay-queen-elizabeth-ii-to/

In this month’s cover story, journalist Francine Russo shows how the women’s expertise in creating textiles boosted the North Atlantic economy during Viking and medieval times—they literally made the money.
Source: Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-fight-light-pollution/

Automata invented in the medieval era are still familiar today, like the jacquemarts, or “jacks of the clock” — human figures that strike bells in Europe’s grand astronomical clocks.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/23054881/engineered-arts-robotic-humanoid-ai-ameca-artificial-intelligence

Puffy pantaloons in silk, which evoked medieval dress and ended at the knee, conjured up images of the Italian theater.
Source: Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/kim-jones-back-on-runway-as-fendi-channels-celestial-rome/

If you are interested in how to pronounce MEDIEVAL, be sure to check other words in The Punctuation Guide such as:
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