mediante
Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /meˈdjan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: me‧diàn‧te
Etymology 1
    
Borrowed from Medieval Latin mediante, from the ablative singular of Late Latin mediāns, present active participle of mediō (“to be in the middle”).
Preposition
    
mediante
- by, through, by means of, using
- Synonyms: attraverso, con, grazie a, (literary) mercé, per mezzo di, tramite
 
- (archaic or literary) because of, as a result of
- Synonym: a causa di
 
Etymology 2
    
Borrowed from Late Latin mediantem (“being in the middle”), present active participle of mediō (“to be in the middle”).
Etymology 3
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
    
- mediante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
    
    
Spanish
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /meˈdjante/ [meˈð̞jãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: me‧dian‧te
Usage notes
    
Mediante is mostly restricted to formal use, being replaced by por medio de in informal use.
Further reading
    
- “mediante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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