תיכון

Hebrew

Root
ת־ו־ך (t-w-k)

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

• הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן (hayám hatikhón)

Etymology 2

The sense high school is shortened from בֵּית סֵפֶר תִּיכוֹן (“high school”), and the sense median is a semantic loan from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English.

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

• חטיבה עליונה