medíocre
Portuguese, adjective
medíocre is spelled M-E-D-Í-O-C-R-E (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Medíocre is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, mediocre is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mediano”.
What does medíocre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of medíocre
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mediano 2. sem relevo; comum, ordinário, vulgar, mediano, meão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of medíocre
- mediocres plural
- medíocres plural
- mediocre alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to medíocre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is medíocre in Portuguese?
medíocre appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).