different between mediator vs mediation

English

Alternative forms

• mediatour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medi?tor (“one who mediates”), from medi?tum, supine of medi? (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?midie?t?/

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

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• mediator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mediator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• admire to

Danish

Noun

mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)

1. mediator

Declension

Further reading

• “mediator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Etymology

From medi?tum, supine of medi? (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.di?a?.tor/, [m?d?i?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.di?a.tor/, [m?d?i???t??r]

Noun

medi?tor m (genitive medi?t?ris, feminine medi?tr?x); third declension

1. mediator, intermediary, go-between

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• mediator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medi?tor.

Noun

mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)

1. mediator#English, intermediary

Synonyms

• intermediar, mijlocitor

Related terms

• media

English

Etymology

From Late Latin medi?ti? (perhaps via Middle French mediation/mediacion) from medi?r? (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midi?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mediation (countable and uncountable, plural mediations)

1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
2. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.

Derived terms

• cybermediation
• hypermediation
• mediational
• transmediation

Related terms

• mediate
• mediator
• mid

Translations

See also

• arbitration

Further reading

• "mediation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 204.

Danish

Noun

mediation c (singular definite mediationen, plural indefinite mediationer)

1. mediation

Declension

Further reading

• “mediation” in Den Danske Ordbog