different between referee vs mediator

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer +? -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???f.???i?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f???i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

referee (plural referees)

1. (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.

2. A person who settles a dispute.
3. A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone.

   Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.

4. An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.

Usage notes

• In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

Related terms

• ref

Translations

Verb

referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)

1. To act as a referee.

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?refere?/, [?re?fe?re??]
• IPA^(key): /?referi?/, [?re?fe?ri?]
• Rhymes: -efere?
• Syllabification: re?fe?ree

Noun

referee

1. referee (expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published)

   Synonym: arvioija

Declension

Spanish

Noun

referee m or f (plural referees)

1. referee

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