médium
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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-.
Noun[edit]
médium m (plural médiums)
- (music) middle register
- (spiritualism, parapsychology) medium (a person who contacts the dead)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “médium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
médium m, f (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]
From English medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium. Doublet of medio.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
médium m (plural médiums)
- medium (a person who contacts the dead)
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