intermedium

intermedium (plural intermediums or intermedia)

1. An intermediary.
2. (anatomy) A central carpal bone or tarsal bone.

From inter- +‎ medium.

intermedium

1. A medium, or form of media, that conceptually lies between others.

intermedium

1. inflection of intermedius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

• "intermedium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Learned borrowing from Latin intermedium. Doublet of intermezzo.

• IPA^(key): /in.tɛrˈmɛ.djum/
• Rhymes: -ɛdjum
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧me‧dium

intermedium n

1. (music, opera, theater) interlude (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
2. (historical, medieval theater) interlude (comic interlude between the parts of the show concerning religious matters)

   Synonym: interludium

3. (music, opera) interlude (musical interlude of a cheerful character, performed between acts of a play or opera)
4. (music, opera) intermezzo (short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle)

   Synonyms: interludium, intermezzo, wstawka

• intermedium in Polish dictionaries at PWN