mediator

See also: Mediator, médiator, and mediátor

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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)

1. One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
2. A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.

SynonymsEdit

• negotiator

Related termsEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement

• Catalan: tercer (ca)
• Chinese:

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

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

  Ancient Greek: μεσίτης m (mesítēs)

• Hebrew: מְתַוֵּךְ‎‎ m (metavéch)
• Hungarian: közvetítő (hu)
• Italian: mediatore (it) m
• Latin: agaga m

• Maori: takawaenga, kaitakawaenga
• Portuguese: mediador (pt) m
• Romanian: mediator (ro) m
• Russian: посре́дник (ru) m (posrédnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheadhanair
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀среднӣк m, по̀средница f

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

• Spanish: mediador (es) m
• Swahili: mpatanishi (sw)
• Swedish: medlare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagapamagitan
• Telugu: మధ్యవర్తి (te) (madhyavarti)

Further readingEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• admire to

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)

1. mediator

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mediator

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mediator	mediatoren	mediatorer	mediatorerne
genitive	mediators	mediatorens	mediatorers	mediatorernes

Further readingEdit

• “mediator” in Den Danske Ordbog

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈaː.tor/, [mɛ.dɪˈaː.tɔr]

NounEdit

mediātor m (genitive mediātōris); third declension

1. mediator, intermediary, go-between

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

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

DescendantsEdit

• Danish: mediator
• English: mediator
• French: médiateur, médiator
• Italian: mediatore, mezzadro

• Portuguese: mediador
• Romanian: mediator
• Russian: медиа́тор (mediátor)
• Spanish: mediador

ReferencesEdit

• mediator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mediator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mediator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin mediātor.

NounEdit

mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)

1. mediator, intermediary

SynonymsEdit

• intermediar, mijlocitor

Related termsEdit

• media