mediator

See also: Mediator, médiator, and mediátor

English

Alternative forms

• mediatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English mediatour, mediatoure, mediatur, medyatour, from Middle French mediateur, mediatur or its etymon Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmidieɪtɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

mediator (plural mediators)

1. One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
2. A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.

Synonyms

• negotiator

Hyponyms

• (female): mediatress, mediatrix

Derived terms

• biomediator
• comediator
• immunomediator
• mediatorless
• nonmediator
• undermediator
• vasomediator

Related terms

• mean
• median
• mediate
• mediation
• mediatorial
• mediatorian
• mediatorship
• mediatrix
• medium

Translations

one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement — see also intermediary,‎ middleman,‎ broker

• Azerbaijani: vasitəçi, araçı
• Belarusian: пасрэ́днік m (pasrédnik), пасрэ́дніца f (pasrédnica)
• Bulgarian: посре́дник (bg) m (posrédnik), посре́дница f (posrédnica), посре́дничка f (posrédnička)
• Catalan: tercer (ca), mediador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調解人 / 调解人 (zh) (tiáojiěrén)

• Czech: prostředník (cs) m, zprostředkovatel m, zprostředkovatelka f, mediátor m
• Danish: mediator c
• Dutch: bemiddelaar (nl) m, tussenpersoon (nl) m
• Finnish: neuvottelija (fi), sovittelija (fi), välittäjä (fi)
• French: médiateur (fr) m, médiatrice (fr) f
• Galician: mediador (gl) m
• German: Vermittler (de) m, Vermittlerin (de) f
• Greek: μεσάζων (el) m (mesázon), διαμεσολαβητής (el) m (diamesolavitís)

  Ancient Greek: μεσίτης m (mesítēs)

• Hebrew: מְתַוֵּךְ m (metavékh)
• Hindi: मध्यस्थ (hi) m (madhyasth)
• Hungarian: közvetítő (hu), mediátor (hu)
• Italian: mediatore (it) m, mediatrice (it) f, sensale (it) m or f
• Latin: interpres m or f, agaga m, mediātor m
• Macedonian: посредник m (posrednik), посредничка f (posrednička)
• Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥൻ (ml) m (maddhyasthaṉ)
• Māori: takawaenga, kaitakawaenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formidler m

• Polish: mediator (pl) m, mediatorka f, rozjemca (pl) m, rozjemczyni f
• Portuguese: mediador (pt) m
• Romanian: mediator (ro) m, mediatoare (ro) f
• Russian: посре́дник (ru) m (posrédnik), посре́дница (ru) f (posrédnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheadhanair
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀среднӣк m, по̀средница f

  Latin: pòsrednīk (sh) m, pòsrednica (sh) f

• Sicilian: midiaturi m, midiatura f, sanzali m or f
• Slovak: prostredník m, prostredníčka f, sprostredkovateľ m, sprostredkovateľka f
• Slovene: posrednik m, posrednica f
• Spanish: mediador (es) m, tercero en discordia m
• Swahili: mpatanishi (sw)
• Swedish: medlare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagapamagitan
• Telugu: మధ్యవర్తి (te) (madhyavarti)
• Turkish: aracı (tr), ara bulucu (tr), uzlaştırıcı (tr), uzlaştırmacı
• Ukrainian: посере́дник m (poserédnyk), посере́дниця f (poserédnycja)

a chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell

• Polish: mediator (pl) m, neuromediator m, neuroprzekaźnik (pl) m, neurotransmiter (pl) m

Further reading

• “mediator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “mediator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• admire to

Danish

Noun

mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)

1. mediator

Declension

Declension of mediator

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mediator	mediatoren	mediatorer	mediatorerne
genitive	mediators	mediatorens	mediatorers	mediatorernes

Further reading

• “mediator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mediātor.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mediˈator/ [me.diˈa.t̪ɔr]
• Rhymes: -ator
• Syllabification: me‧di‧a‧tor

Noun

mediator (plural mediator-mediator)

1. mediator
   1. one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement

      Synonyms: penengah, pengantara, perantara

   2. (biochemistry) a chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell

Related terms

• mediasi
• mediatif

Further reading

• “mediator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

From mediō (“be in the middle”) +‎ -tor, from medius (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.diˈaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.diˈaː.tor]

Noun

mediātor m (genitive mediātōris, feminine mediātrīx); third declension

1. mediator, intermediary, go-between

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

• Venetan: mezzadro
  • → Italian: mezzadro
• → Catalan: mediador
• → Danish: mediator
• → English: mediator
• → French: médiateur, médiator
• → Italian: mediatore
• → Polish: mediator
• → Portuguese: mediador
• → Romanian: mediator
• → Russian: медиа́тор (mediátor)
• → Spanish: mediador

References

• “mediator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "mediator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈdja.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: me‧dia‧tor

Noun

mediator m pers (female equivalent mediatorka)

1. mediator (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement)

   Synonym: rozjemca

   Hypernym: pośrednik

2. (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

1. (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

• mediatorski

noun

• mediatorstwo

Related terms

adjective

• mediacyjny

noun

• mediacja

verb

• mediować

Further reading

• “mediator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mediator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediātor. Equivalent to media +‎ -tor.

Noun

mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)

1. mediator, intermediary

   Synonyms: intermediar, mijlocitor