# mediator
## English
### Alternative forms

* mediatour (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈmidieɪtɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

mediator (plural mediators)
* One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
* A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.

#### Synonyms

* negotiator

#### Hyponyms

* (female): mediatress, mediatrix

#### Related terms

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

#### Further reading

* “mediator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “mediator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* admire to

## Danish
### Noun

mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)
* mediator

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “mediator” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /me.diˈaː.tor/, [mɛd̪iˈäːt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /me.diˈa.tor/, [med̪iˈäːt̪or]

### Noun

mediātor m (genitive mediātōris, feminine mediātrīx); third declension
* mediator, intermediary, go-between

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### 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’s 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: /mɛˈdja.tɔr/
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: me‧dia‧tor

### Noun

mediator m pers (female equivalent mediatorka)
* mediator (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement)
    Synonym: rozjemca
    Hypernym: pośrednik
* (law) mediator (person who professionally listens to the conflicting parties and tries to reach a settlement, which sometimes helps avoid a court case)

#### Declension
### Noun

mediator m inan
* (biochemistry, neuroscience) mediator (chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell)
    Synonyms: neuromediator, neuroprzekaźnik, neurotransmiter

#### Derived terms

* mediatorski
* mediatorstwo

#### Related terms

* mediacyjny
* mediacja
* mediować

### Further reading

* mediator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mediator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)
* mediator, intermediary
    Synonyms: intermediar, mijlocitor