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(historical) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500.
- 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 52
  She could see the town below her, nestled on top of a low hill, surrounded by a crenellated wall from the Middle Ages.

historical period

Arabic: الْعُصُور الْوُسْطَى ‎(al-ʿuṣūr al-wusṭā)
Armenian: միջնադար (hy) ‎(miǰnadar), միջին դարեր ‎(miǰin darer)
Bashkir: урта быуат ‎(urta bïwat)
Catalan: edat mitjana f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 中世紀, 中世纪 ‎(zung¹ sai³ gei²), 中古時代, 中古时代 ‎(zung¹ gu² si⁴ doi⁶), 中古 ‎(zung¹ gu²)

Mandarin: 中世紀 (zh), 中世纪 (zh) ‎(Zhōngshìjì), 中古時代 (zh), 中古时代 (zh) ‎(Zhōnggǔ shídài), 中古 (zh) ‎(Zhōnggǔ)
Czech: středověk (cs) m
Dutch: middeleeuwen (nl) pl
Esperanto: mezepoko
Finnish: keskiaika (fi)
French: Moyen Âge (fr) m
Friulian: Ete di mieç, Etât di mieç
Galician: Idade Media (gl) f
Georgian: შუა საუკუნეები ‎(šua sauḳuneebi)
German: Mittelalter (de) n
Greek: Μεσαίωνας (el) m ‎(Mesaíonas)
Hebrew: ימי הביניים (he) m pl
Hungarian: középkor (hu)
Icelandic: miðaldir f pl
Irish: An Mheánaois f
Italian: Medioevo m

Japanese: 中世 (ja) ‎(ちゅうせい, Chūsei)
Kashubian: strzédnowiek
Korean: 중세 (ko) ‎(Jungse) (中世 (ko))
Luxembourgish: Mëttelalter n
Macedonian: среден век m ‎(sréden vek), средновековие n ‎(srednovekóvie)
Maltese: Medju Evu, Żminijiet Nofsana
Norwegian:

Bokmål: middelalder m, mellomalder m

Nynorsk: mellomalder m
Polish: średniowiecze (pl) n
Portuguese: Idade Média (pt) f
Romanian: Evul Mediu
Russian: Средневеко́вье (ru) n ‎(Srednevekóvʹje), Сре́дние века́ m pl ‎(Srédnije veká)
Scottish Gaelic: Na Linntean Meadhanach m pl, f pl, Na Meadhan-aoisean f pl
Sicilian: Mediuevu m
Slovak: stredovek (sk), m
Spanish: Edad Media (es) f
Swedish: medeltiden (sv) c
Tagalog: Gitnang Kapanahunan
Vietnamese: Trung cổ (中古)
Volapük: zänodatimäd