English-Thai Dictionary

mediocre

ADJ ธรรมดา  พื้นๆ  กลางๆ  ปานกลาง  ordinary plain average tam-ma-da

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MEDIOCRE

Me "di *o `cre, a. Etym: [F. médiocre, L. mediocris, fr. medius middle. See Mid. ]

 

Defn: Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. " A very mediocre poet. " Pope.

 

MEDIOCRE

MEDIOCRE Me "di *o `cre, n.

 

1. A mediocre person. [R.]

 

2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties. Shipley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mediocre

me di o cre |ˌmēdēˈōkər ˈˌmidiˈˌoʊkər | ▶adjective of only moderate quality; not very good: a mediocre actor. DERIVATIVES me di o cre ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French médiocre, from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height or degree, ’ literally ‘somewhat rugged or mountainous, ’ from medius ‘middle ’ + ocris ‘rugged mountain. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mediocre

mediocre |ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə | ▶adjective of only average quality; not very good: he is an enthusiastic if mediocre painter. DERIVATIVES mediocrely adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French médiocre, from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height or degree ’, literally ‘somewhat mountainous ’, from medius ‘middle ’ + ocris ‘rugged mountain ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mediocre

mediocre adjective a mediocre performance: ordinary, average, middling, middle-of-the-road, uninspired, undistinguished, indifferent, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, prosaic, lackluster, forgettable, amateur, amateurish; informal OK, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', plain-vanilla, fair-to-middling, no great shakes, not up to much, bush-league. ANTONYMS excellent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mediocre

mediocre adjective the difference between a world record and a mediocre performance: ordinary, common, commonplace, indifferent, average, middle-of-the-road, middling, medium, moderate, everyday, workaday, tolerable, passable, adequate, fair; inferior, second-rate, uninspired, undistinguished, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, not very good, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, forgettable, amateur, amateurish; informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, fair-to-middling, (plain ) vanilla, nothing to write home about, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much; NZ informal half-pie. ANTONYMS exceptional, excellent.

 

French Dictionary

médiocre

médiocre adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif 1 De mauvaise qualité. : Un repas médiocre. SYNONYME mauvais . 2 Faible, sans talent. : Des élèves médiocres. nom masculin et féminin Personne sans talent. : Les médiocres et les arrivistes.

 

médiocrement

médiocrement adv. adverbe Avec médiocrité. : Ils ont travaillé médiocrement.

 

Spanish Dictionary

mediocre

mediocre adjetivo 1 Que es mediano o regular, tirando a malo, en cuanto a su calidad, valor, interés, etc. :un sueldo mediocre; su último disco es un tanto mediocre; se hospedó en un hotel mediocre .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que no tiene un talento especial o no tiene suficiente capacidad para la actividad que realiza :es un cantante mediocre .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mediocre

me di o cre /mìːdióʊkə r /形容詞 ｟けなして ｠平凡な, 二流の .