intermediate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin intermediatus, past participle of intermediare, from inter + Late Latin mediare (“to mediate”); also Latin intermedius

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (adjective, noun): IPA: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈmɪidɪiət/; X-SAMPA: /Int@(r)"mi:di:@t/
  • (verb): IPA: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈmɪidˌɪieɪt/; X-SAMPA: /Int@(r)"mi:d%i:eIt/
• (US)
  • (adjective, noun): enPR: ĭn-tər-mē'dē-ət; IPA: /ˌɪntɚˈmɪidɪiət/; X-SAMPA: /Int@`"mIidIi@t/
  • (verb): IPA: /ˌɪntɚˈmɪidɪieɪt/; X-SAMPA: /Int@`"mIidIieIt/;

Adjective

intermediate (comparative more intermediate, superlative most intermediate)

1. Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 3

     which covered his belly to the navel and gave it the air of a flesh brush; and soon I felt it joining close to mine, when he had drove the nail up to the head, and left no partition but the intermediate hair on both sides.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:intermediate

Translations

being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range

• Finnish: väli- (in compounds), keskitason
• French: intermédiaire (fr) m and f
• Greek: ενδιάμεσος (el) (endiámesos) m
• Irish: idirmheánach (ga)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ناوه‌ندی

• Russian: промежуточный (ru) (promežútočnyj) m, средний (ru) (srédnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheadhanach (gd)
• Spanish: intermedio (es)

Noun

intermediate (plural intermediates)

1. Anything in an intermediate position.
2. An intermediary.
3. (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.

Translations

anything in an intermediate position

• French: intermédiaire (fr) m and f
• Greek: ενδιάμεσος (el) (endiámesos) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ناوه‌ندی

an intermediary

• Finnish: välittäjä (fi), välikäsi (fi)
• French: intermédiaire (fr) m
• Greek: μεσολαβητής (el) (mesolavitís) m, μεσάζων (el) (mesázon) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ناوندی

• Spanish: intermediario (es) m

any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product

• Czech: meziprodukt (cs) m

Verb

intermediate (third-person singular simple present intermediates, present participle intermediating, simple past and past participle intermediated)

1. (intransitive) to mediate, to be an intermediate
2. (transitive) to arrange, in the manner of a broker

   Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.

Derived terms

• intermediation

Translations

to mediate, to be an intermediate

• Finnish: välittää (fi)
• French: concilier (fr)

• Greek: μεσολαβώ (el) (mesolavó)
• Spanish: intermediar (es)