{
    "term": "medieval",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "connected with the Middle Ages (about AD 1000 to AD 1450)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "medieval architecture/castles/manuscripts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the literature of the late medieval period"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History", "Buildings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmediˈiːvl/",
                "audio": "me/medieval/medieval__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmediˈiːvl//ˌmiːdˈiːvl/",
                "audio": "me/medieval/medieval__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from modern Latin medium aevum ‘middle age’ + -al."
}