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]

1. 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־)

1. (colloquial) a high school
2. (geometry, statistics) a median

Synonyms

• (high school): חטיבה עליונה