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
- IPA(key): /me.djɔm/
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Noun
médium m (plural médiums)
- (music) middle register
- (spiritualism, parapsychology) medium (a person who contacts the dead)
Derived terms
- médiumnique
- médiumnité
Descendants
- → Turkish: medyum
Further reading
- “médium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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.d͡ʒɪ.ũ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒjũ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.djũ/ [ˈmɛ.ðjũ]
- Hyphenation: mé‧di‧um
Noun
médium m or f by sense (plural médiuns)
- (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
Spanish
Etymology
From English medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium. Doublet of medio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmedjum/ [ˈme.ð̞jũm]
- Rhymes: -edjum
- Syllabification: mé‧dium
Noun
médium m (plural médiums)
- (spiritualism) medium, a person who claims to be able to communicate with the dead
- Synonym: medio
Further reading
- “médium”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014