médium
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-.
Noun
médium m (plural médiums)
- (music) middle register
- (spiritualism, parapsychology) medium (a person who contacts the dead)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “médium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
From English medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium.
Pronunciation
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Noun
médium m or f (plural médiuns)
- (spiritualism) medium (a person who contacts the dead)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:médium.
Derived terms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From English medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium.
Pronunciation
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Noun
médium m (plural médiums)
- medium (a person who contacts the dead)
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