תיכון

Hebrew

Root
ת־ו־ך (t-w-k)

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

middle, central

Derived terms

הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן (hayám hatikhón)
הַמִּזְרָח הַתִּיכוֹן (hamizrákh hatikhón)

Noun

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

(colloquial) a high school
(geometry, statistics) a median

Synonyms

(high school): חטיבה עליונה

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