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)

1. (music) middle register
2. (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.d͡ʒiw̃/ [ˈmɛ.d͡ʒiʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.diw̃/ [ˈmɛ.ðiw̃]

• Hyphenation: mé‧di‧um

Noun

médium m or f by sense (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

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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 or f by sense (plural médiums)

1. (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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28