תיכון

Hebrew
Root
ת־ו־ך‎

Etymology 1

תּוֹךְ‎ (tókh, “inside”) +‎ ־ֹון‎ (-ón). Compare רִאשׁוֹן‎ (rishón, “first”) from רֹאשׁ‎ (rósh, “head”).

Adjective

תִּיכוֹן • (tikhón) (feminine תִּיכוֹנָה‎, masculine plural תִּיכוֹנִים‎, feminine plural תִּיכוֹנוֹת‎) [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

  1. middle, central
Derived terms

Etymology 2

The sense high school is shortened from בֵּית סֵפֶר תִּיכוֹן‎ (“high school”), and the sense median is a semantic loan from English.

Noun

תִּיכוֹן • (tikhón) m (plural indefinite תִּיכוֹנִים‎, plural construct תִּיכוֹנֵי־‎)

  1. (colloquial) a high school
  2. (geometry, statistics) a median
Synonyms
  • חטיבה עליונה‎
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