media
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: mē'diə, me'diə, IPA(key): /ˈmiːdɪə/, /ˈmɛdɪə/
- (US) enPR: mē'dēə, IPA(key): /ˈmiːdiə/
- Rhymes: -iːdiə
Noun[edit]
media (plural mediae)
- (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
- (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
- (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
Usage notes[edit]
Not to be confused with medium.
Derived terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (vein of insect wing): M
Antonyms[edit]
- (voiced stop): tenuis
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
media (plural media or medias)
- plural of medium
- (often used as uncountable, though such use is proscribed) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
- As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity.
- (usually with a definite article; often used as uncountable, though such use is proscribed) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
- Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from media
Translations[edit]
means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
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Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
media (accusative singular median, plural mediaj, accusative plural mediajn)
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
media
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of media (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | media | mediat | |
| genitive | median | medioiden medioitten |
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| partitive | mediaa | medioita | |
| illative | mediaan | medioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | media | mediat | |
| accusative | nom. | media | mediat |
| gen. | median | ||
| genitive | median | medioiden medioitten mediainrare |
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| partitive | mediaa | medioita | |
| inessive | mediassa | medioissa | |
| elative | mediasta | medioista | |
| illative | mediaan | medioihin | |
| adessive | medialla | medioilla | |
| ablative | medialta | medioilta | |
| allative | medialle | medioille | |
| essive | mediana | medioina | |
| translative | mediaksi | medioiksi | |
| instructive | — | medioin | |
| abessive | mediatta | medioitta | |
| comitative | — | medioineen | |
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
media f (plural medias)
Related terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
media
Noun[edit]
media f (plural medie)
Noun[edit]
media m (invariable)
Synonyms[edit]
Verb[edit]
media
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
media
- nominative feminine singular of medius
- nominative neuter plural of medius
- accusative neuter plural of medius
- vocative feminine singular of medius
- vocative neuter plural of medius
mediā
References[edit]
- MEDIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- media in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- media in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- media in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
media n
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
media n
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
media
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin mediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latin medius.
Verb[edit]
a media (third-person singular present mediază, past participle mediat) 1st conj.
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
media f (plural medias)
- sock, stocking
- (chiefly in the plural) pantyhose
- (mathematics) mean, average
- half an hour
- son las cinco y media = it’s 5:30.
Adjective[edit]
media
Verb[edit]
media
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mediar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mediar.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
media
Usage notes[edit]
- While formally a Latin plural, most often used as a collective or plurale tantum (e.g. mass media)
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