intermediary

English

Etymology

From French intermédiaire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/, /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdjəɹi/, /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdʒəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmidiˌɛɹi/

Adjective

intermediary (not comparable)

1. That intermediates.

Derived terms

• intermediarily

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: intermediari
• French: intermédiaire (fr)
• German: intermediär (de)
• Hungarian: közvetítő (hu)
• Spanish: intermediario (es), intermediador

Noun

intermediary (plural intermediaries)

1. An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

   Synonyms: mediator, middleman, go-between, intercessor

   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]

2. A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain, etc.)

   Synonyms: middleman, broker

   The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler

3. One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.

Translations

an agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation — see also mediator

• Belarusian: пасрэ́днік m (pasrédnik), пасрэ́дніца f (pasrédnica)
• Bulgarian: посре́дник (bg) m (posrédnik), посре́дница f (posrédnica), посре́дничка f (posrédnička)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中介 (zh) (zhōngjiè), 仲介 (zh) (zhòngjiè)

• Czech: prostředník (cs) m, zprostředkovatel m, zprostředkovatelka f
• Danish: formidler c, mellemmand c
• Dutch: tussenpersoon (nl) m, bemiddelaar (nl) m
• Esperanto: peranto
• Finnish: välittäjä (fi), välimies (fi)
• French: intermédiaire (fr) m or f
• Fula: hakkundeejo
• Georgian: შუამავალი (šuamavali)
• German: Vermittler (de) m, Vermittlerin (de) f
• Greek: διαμεσολαβητής (el) m (diamesolavitís), μεσάζων (el) m (mesázon)
• Hebrew: מְתַוֵּךְ m (metavékh)
• Hungarian: közvetítő (hu), közbenjáró (hu)
• Italian: intermediario (it) m, intermediaria (it) f, sensale (it) m or f
• Japanese: 仲介 (ja) (ちゅうかい, chūkai), 仲裁者 (ちゅうさいしゃ, chūsaisha)
• Kazakh: мәмілегер (mämıleger)
• Korean: 중재자(仲裁者) (jungjaeja)
• Latin: internuntius m, internuntia f
• Latvian: starpnieks m, videnieks m, vidutājs m
• Lithuanian: tarpininkas (lt) m
• Macedonian: посредник m (posrednik), посредничка f (posrednička)
• Malay: telangkai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mellommann m, mellomledd n

  Nynorsk: mellommann m, mellomledd n

• Polish: pośrednik (pl) m, pośredniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: intermediário (pt) m
• Romanian: intermediar (ro) m
• Russian: посре́дник (ru) m (posrédnik), посре́дница (ru) f (posrédnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheadhanair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀среднӣк m, по̀средница f

  Roman: pòsrednīk (sh) m, pòsrednica (sh) f

• Sicilian: sanzali m, ntirmidiaru m
• Slovak: prostredník m, prostredníčka f, sprostredkovateľ m, sprostredkovateľka f
• Slovene: posrednik m, posrednica f
• Spanish: intermediario (es) m, intermediaria (es) f
• Swahili: walanguzi (sw)
• Swedish: förmedlare (sv) c
• Turkish: aracı (tr)
• Ukrainian: посере́дник m (poserédnyk), посере́дниця f (poserédnycja)

person or organisation in an intermediate position

• Catalan: intermediari m
• German: Zwischenhändler (de) m, Zwischenhändlerin (de) f

one or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.