médium

See also: medium, Medium, and mèdium

French

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

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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

• médiumnique
• médiumnité

Further reading

• “médium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.ũ/, /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒjũ/

Noun

médium m, f (plural médiuns)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:médium.

Derived terms

• mediunicamente
• mediúnico
• mediunidade
• mediunismo

 

Related terms

• média
• médio
• meio

 

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedjum/, [ˈme.ð̞jũm]

Noun

médium m (plural médiums)

1. medium (a person who contacts the dead)

Further reading

• “médium” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.