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-.

Noun

médium m (plural médiums)

  1. (music) middle register
  2. (spiritualism, parapsychology) medium (a person who contacts the dead)

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin medium (“middle”), possibly via English medium.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.ũ/, /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒjũ/

Noun

médium m, f (plural médiuns)

  1. (spiritualism) medium (a person who contacts the dead)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:médium.

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

médium m (plural médiums)

  1. medium (a person who contacts the dead)
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