mediator

See also médiator

English

Alternative forms

• mediatour (obsolete)

Etymology

Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).

Noun

mediator (plural mediators)

1. One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement

Synonyms

• negotiator

Related terms

• mean
• median
• mediate
• mediation
• mediatorial
• mediatorian
• mediatorship
• medium

Translations

one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement

• Catalan: tercer (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調解人 (cmn), 调解人 (cmn) (tiáojiěrén)

• Czech: zprostředkovatel (cs) m, mediátor (cs) m
• Dutch: tussenpersoon (nl) m
• Finnish: neuvottelija (fi), sovittelija (fi), välittäjä (fi)
• French: médiateur (fr) m
• German: Vermittler (de) m
• Greek: μεσάζων (el) (mesázon) m, διαμεσολαβητής (el) (diamesolavitís) m

• Maori: takawaenga (mi)
• Romanian: mediator (ro)
• Russian: посредник (ru) (posrédnik) m
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheadhanair (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀среднӣк (sh) m, по̀средница (sh) f

  Roman:pòsrednīk (sh) m, pòsrednica (sh) f

• Swahili: mpatanishi (sw)
• Telugu: మధ్యవర్తి (te) (madhya-varti)

External links

• mediator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mediator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Etymology

From mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).

Noun

mediātor (genitive mediātōris); m, third declension

1. mediator, intermediary, go-between

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mediātor	mediātōrēs
genitive	mediātōris	mediātōrum
dative	mediātōrī	mediātōribus
accusative	mediātōrem	mediātōrēs
ablative	mediātōre	mediātōribus
vocative	mediātor	mediātōrēs

Descendants

• English: mediator
• French: médiateur
• Italian: mediatore
• Portuguese: mediador
• Romanian: mediator
• Russian: медиатор
• Spanish: mediador

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediātor.

Noun

mediator m (plural mediatori; feminine equivalent mediatoare)

1. mediator, intermediary

Synonyms

• intermediar, mijlocitor

Related terms

• media