intermediary

English

Etymology

From French intermédiaire.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/, /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdjəɹi/, /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdʒəɹi/
Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmidiˌɛɹi/

Adjective

intermediary (not comparable)

Intermediate.

Derived terms

intermediarily

Translations

Catalan: intermediari
German: intermediär (de)
Hungarian: közvetítő (hu)

Noun

intermediary (plural intermediaries)

An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.
Synonyms: mediator, middleman, go-between, intercessor
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
  
  A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]
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
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 translations at 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
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
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.

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