media

See also: média, medía, and Media

§English

§Pronunciation

• enPR: mē'diə, IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdiə/
• Rhymes: -iːdiə

§Etymology 1

§Noun

media (plural mediae)

1. (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
2. (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
3. (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus

§Usage notes

Not to be confused with medium.

§Derived terms

• tunica media
• medial

§Synonyms

• (vein of insect wing): M

§Antonyms

• (voiced stop): tenuis

§Etymology 2

§Noun

media

1. plural form of medium
2. (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.

3. (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

Terms derived from media

media darling media event noun mediagenic adj

mediascape noun multimedia mass media

mainstream media media circus media whore

§Translations

means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 媒體 (zh) (méitǐ)

• Czech: média pl
• Hungarian: média (hu)
• Icelandic: miðill (is) m

• Macedonian: медиуми m pl (medíumi)
• Malay: media
• Persian: مدیا (mediá)
• Portuguese: mídia (pt)
• Russian: медиа (ru) pl (média)
• Spanish: medios (es) pl

the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry

• Arabic: وسائل الإعلام pl (wasāʾil al-ʾiʿlām)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 媒體 (zh), 媒体 (zh) (méitǐ), 傳媒 (zh), 传媒 (chuánméi)

• Finnish: tiedotusvälineet, viestimet, media (fi)
• French: médias (fr) m pl
• German: Medien (de) n pl
• Greek: μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης n pl (mésa mazikís enimérosis) (ΜΜΕ (el) (MME))
• Hindi: संचार माध्यम (sañcār mādhyam)

• Icelandic: miðill (is) m
• Japanese: メディア (ja) (media), 媒体 (ja) (baitai)
• Korean: 미디어 (ko) (midieo), 매체 (ko) (maeche) (媒體 (ko))
• Macedonian: медиуми m pl, f pl (medíumi)
• Persian: رسانه (fa) (resâne, rasâne), مدیا (mediá)
• Portuguese: mídia (pt) f
• Russian: средства массовой информации n pl (srédstva mássovoj informácii), (abbreviation) СМИ (ru) (SMI), масс-медиа (ru) pl (mass-média), медиа (ru) pl (média)
• Spanish: medios de comunicación pl

§Anagrams

• aimed, amide, maide

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§Esperanto

§Etymology

From medi- + -a.

§Adjective

media (accusative singular median, plural mediaj, accusative plural mediajn)

1. environmental

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§Finnish

§Noun

media

1. media

§Declension

Inflection of media (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		media	mediat
accusative	nom.?	media	mediat
	gen.	median
genitive		median	medioiden medioitten mediainrare
partitive		mediaa	medioita
inessive		mediassa	medioissa
elative		mediasta	medioista
illative		mediaan	medioihin
adessive		medialla	medioilla
ablative		medialta	medioilta
allative		medialleˣ	medioilleˣ
essive		mediana	medioina
translative		mediaksi	medioiksi
instructive		—	medioin
abessive		mediatta	medioitta
comitative		—	medioineen

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§Galician

§Noun

media f (plural medias)

1. average

§Related terms

• medio

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§Italian

§Adjective

media sg

1. feminine form of medio

§Noun

media f (plural medie)

1. average, mean (especially an overall, average grade)

§Noun

media m (invariable)

1. media

§Synonyms

• mass media

§Verb

media

1. third-person singular present of mediare
2. second-person singular imperative of mediare

§Related terms

• in media
• mediale
• mediano

§Anagrams

• madie

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§Latin

§Adjective

media

1. nominative feminine singular of medius
2. nominative neuter plural of medius
3. accusative neuter plural of medius
4. vocative feminine singular of medius
5. vocative neuter plural of medius

mediā

1. ablative feminine singular of medius

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§Portuguese

§Verb

media

1. first-person singular imperfect of medir
2. third-person singular imperfect of medir

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§Romanian

§Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latin medius.

§Verb

a media (third-person singular present mediază, past participle mediat) 1st conj.

1. to mediate
2. to intercede, interpose

§Related terms

• mediator

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§Spanish

§Etymology

From Latin medius

§Noun

media f (plural medias)

1. sock, stocking
2. pantyhose
3. (mathematics) mean, average
4. half an hour

   son las cinco y media = it’s 5:30.

§Adjective

media

1. feminine form of medio

§Verb

media

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mediar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mediar.

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§Swedish

§Noun

media

1. indefinite plural of medium
2. definite plural of medium

§Usage notes

• While formally a Latin plural, most often used as a collective or plurale tantum (e.g. mass media)