médium

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See also: medium, Medium, and mèdium

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medium. The sense of "person who contacts the dead" is probably a semantic loan from English medium. Doublet of mi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.djɔm/
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Noun

médium m (plural médiums)

  1. (music) middle register
  2. (spiritualism, parapsychology) medium (a person who contacts the dead)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Turkish: medyum

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin medium (“middle”), via English medium or French médium. Doublet of meio and médio.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mé‧di‧um

Noun

médium m or f by sense (plural médiuns)

  1. (spiritualism) medium (a person who contacts the dead)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:médium.

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium. Doublet of medio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmedjum/
  • Rhymes: -edjum
  • Syllabification: mé‧dium

Noun

médium m or f by sense (plural médiums)

  1. (spiritualism) medium (a person who claims to be able to communicate with the dead)
    Synonym: medio

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