médium
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin medium. The sense of "person who contacts the dead" is probably a semantic loan from English medium. Doublet of mi-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
médium m (plural médiums)
- (music) middle register
- (spiritualism, parapsychology) medium (a person who contacts the dead)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: medyum
Further reading edit
- “médium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin medium (“middle”), via English medium or French médium. Doublet of meio and médio.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mé‧di‧um
Noun edit
médium m or f by sense (plural médiuns)
- (spiritualism) medium (a person who contacts the dead)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:médium.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium. Doublet of medio.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
médium m or f by sense (plural médiums)
- (spiritualism) medium (a person who claims to be able to communicate with the dead)
- Synonym: medio
Further reading edit
- “médium”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014