mediator
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmidieɪtɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
mediator (plural mediators)
- One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (female): mediatress, mediatrix
Related terms
Translations
one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
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a chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell
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Further reading
- “mediator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “mediator”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mediator | mediatoren | mediatorer | mediatorerne |
| genitive | mediators | mediatorens | mediatorers | mediatorernes |
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From mediō (“be in the middle”) + -tor, from medius (“middle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mediātor m (genitive mediātōris, feminine mediātrīx); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
| genitive | mediātōris | mediātōrum |
| dative | mediātōrī | mediātōribus |
| accusative | mediātōrem | mediātōrēs |
| ablative | mediātōre | mediātōribus |
| vocative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
Descendants
References
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mediator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mediātor.
Pronunciation
Noun
mediator m pers (female equivalent mediatorka)
- mediator (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement)
- (law) mediator (person who professionally listens to the conflicting parties and tries to reach a settlement, which sometimes helps avoid a court case)
Declension
Declension of mediator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mediator | mediatorzy/mediatory (deprecative) |
| genitive | mediatora | mediatorów |
| dative | mediatorowi | mediatorom |
| accusative | mediatora | mediatorów |
| instrumental | mediatorem | mediatorami |
| locative | mediatorze | mediatorach |
| vocative | mediatorze | mediatorzy |
Noun
mediator m inan
- (biochemistry, neuroscience) mediator (chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell)
- Synonyms: neuromediator, neuroprzekaźnik, neurotransmiter
Declension
Declension of mediator
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mediator | mediatory |
| genitive | mediatora | mediatorów |
| dative | mediatorowi | mediatorom |
| accusative | mediator | mediatory |
| instrumental | mediatorem | mediatorami |
| locative | mediatorze | mediatorach |
| vocative | mediatorze | mediatory |
Derived terms
adjective
noun
Related terms
adjective
noun
verb
Further reading
- mediator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mediator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mediātor. Equivalent to media + -tor.
Noun
mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)
- mediator, intermediary
- Synonyms: intermediar, mijlocitor