mediator
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- mediatour (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmidieɪtɚ/
NounEdit
mediator (plural mediators)
- One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.
SynonymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
- (female): mediatress, mediatrix
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
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Further readingEdit
- mediator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mediator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
NounEdit
mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mediator
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mediator | mediatoren | mediatorer | mediatorerne |
genitive | mediators | mediatorens | mediatorers | mediatorernes |
Further readingEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈaː.tor/, [mɛd̪iˈäːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.diˈa.tor/, [mɛd̪iˈɑːt̪ɔr]
NounEdit
mediātor m (genitive mediātōris, feminine mediātrīx); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
Genitive | mediātōris | mediātōrum |
Dative | mediātōrī | mediātōribus |
Accusative | mediātōrem | mediātōrēs |
Ablative | mediātōre | mediātōribus |
Vocative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- mediator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- mediator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- mediator in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)