media

See also: Media, média, medía, and mediá

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin media, nominal use of the feminine of medius (“middle”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mē'diə, me'diə, IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdɪə/, /ˈmɛdɪə/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

• (US) enPR: mē'dēə, IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdi.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːdiə

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.

   Antonym: tenuis

3. (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
4. (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with medium.

Synonyms

• (vein of insect wing): M

Derived terms

• tunica media
• medial

Etymology 2

Plural of medium, shortened form of communications media, reinterpreted as singular or mass noun; from Latin medium (plural media), nominal use of the neuter of medius (“middle”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mē'diə, IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdɪə/
• (US) enPR: mē'dēə, IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdi.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːdiə

Noun

media

1. plural of medium

Noun

media (countable and uncountable, plural media or medias)

1. (often treated as uncountable) 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.

2. (often treated as uncountable) The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, etc) which are broadcast or published.

   Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.

   • 2020, Jordan Raynor, Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do, page 161:

     […] yet they are all wildly popular pieces of media, viewed by millions of Christians and non-Christians alike. Why? Because they are first and foremost masterful movies and TV shows. Their creators made something worth seeing and sharing.

3. (usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.

   Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.

4. (computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.

Usage notes

• Uncountable use of media is proscribed.^{[by whom?][citation needed]}

Derived terms

• mainstream media
• mass media
• media circus
• media darling
• media event (noun)
• mediagenic (adjective)
• mediascape (noun)
• media whore
• multimedia

 

Translations

means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information

• Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام‎ pl (wasāʾil al-ʾiʿlām), إِعْلَام‎ m (ʾiʿlām)
• Belarusian: ме́дыя f pl (mjédyja)
• Bulgarian: ме́дия f (médija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 媒體 (zh), 媒体 (zh) (méitǐ)

• Czech: média (cs) pl
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: amaskomunikiloj, mediato
• Estonian: meedia pl
• Finnish: tiedotusväline (fi), viestin (fi), media (fi)
• Galician: medios m pl
• Hebrew: תקשורת‎ (he) (tikshorét)
• Hungarian: média (hu)
• Icelandic: miðill (is) m

• Italian: media (it) m, mass media (it)
• Korean: 언론 (ko) (eollon) (言論 (ko)), 미디어 (ko) (midieo), 매체 (ko) (maeche) (媒體 (ko))
• Macedonian: меди́уми m pl (medíumi)
• Malay: media
• Maori: pāpāhotanga
• Pashto: رسنۍ‎ (ps) pl or f (rësënai)
• Persian: مدیا‎ (mediá), رسانه‎ (fa) (rasāne)
• Polish: media (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: mídia (pt) f (Brazil), média (pt) m pl, media (pt) m pl
• Russian: ме́диа (ru) f pl (média)
• Spanish: medios (es) pl
• Swedish: media (sv) n pl
• Turkish: medya (tr)
• Ukrainian: ме́діа (uk) f pl (média)
• Vietnamese: phương tiện truyền thông

the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry

• Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام‎ pl (wasāʾil al-ʾiʿlām), إِعْلَام‎ m (ʾiʿlām)
• Belarusian: СМІ m pl (SMI), ме́дыя f pl (mjédyja), мас-ме́дыя f pl (mas-mjédyja)
• Bulgarian: ме́дия f (médija), масме́дия f (masmédija)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• 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: 언론 (ko) (eollon) (言論 (ko)), 미디어 (ko) (midieo), 매체 (ko) (maeche) (媒體 (ko))
• Macedonian: меди́уми m pl or f pl (medíumi)
• Pashto: رسنۍ‎ (ps) pl or f (rësënai)
• Persian: رسانه‎ (fa) (resâne, rasâne), مدیا‎ (mediá)
• Portuguese: mídia (pt) f (Brazil), média (pt) m pl, media (pt) m pl
• Russian: сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции (ru) n pl (srédstva mássovoj informácii), СМИ (ru) n pl (SMI), масс-ме́диа (ru) f pl (mass-média), ме́диа (ru) f pl (média)
• Spanish: medios de comunicación pl
• Swedish: press (sv) c, media (sv) n pl
• Turkish: medya (tr)
• Ukrainian: ЗМІ (uk) m pl (ZMI), ме́діа (uk) f pl (média), мас-ме́діа (uk) f pl (mas-média)

Etymology 3

Shortening from multimedia

Adjective

media (not comparable)

1. (computing) Clipping of multimedia.

   I have media files stored on an external hard drive.

   Adjust media sound in multiple apps

Translations

multimedia — see multimedia

References

• media at OneLook Dictionary Search
• media in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "media" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 203.
• media in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Maedi, aimed, amide, maide

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

media

1. Plural form of medium

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Esperanto

Etymology

From medio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meˈdia]
• Hyphenation: me‧di‧a
• Rhymes: -ia

Adjective

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

1. environmental

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Finnish

Etymology

From English media.

Noun

media

1. media

Declension

Inflection of media (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		media	mediat
genitive		median	medioiden medioitten
partitive		mediaa	medioita
illative		mediaan	medioihin
		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		medialle	medioille
essive		mediana	medioina
translative		mediaksi	medioiksi
instructive		—	medioin
abessive		mediatta	medioitta
comitative		—	medioineen

Possessive forms of media (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mediani	mediamme
2nd person	mediasi	medianne
3rd person	mediansa

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeðjɐ/

Noun

media f (plural medias)

1. average

Related terms

• medio

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Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch media, from Latin media.
• Semantic loan from English media.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmedia̯]
• Hyphenation: mé‧dia

Noun

media or média

1. medium,
   1. the means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
   2. (biology) a nutrient solution for the growth.
2. media,
   1. means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
   2. (computing) a particular form of storage for digitized information, such as magnetic tape or discs.

Alternative forms

• medium

Derived terms

• media cetak
• media elektronik
• media film
• media interaktif
• media kontras
• media massa
• media padat
• media pendidikan
• media periklanan
• media sosial
• media tanam

 

Further reading

• “media” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Adjective

media

1. feminine singular of medio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medie)

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

Noun

media m (invariable)

1. media

   Synonym: mass media

Verb

media

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

Related terms

• in media
• mediale
• mediano

Anagrams

• edima, 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. ablative feminine singular of medius
5. vocative feminine singular of medius
6. vocative neuter plural of medius

References

• media 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)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

media

1. media

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mediene

Noun

media n

1. definite plural of medium

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

media n

1. definite plural of medium

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Polish

Etymology

From English (mass) media.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛd.ja/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

media nvir

1. plural of medium
2. media (means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information)

Declension

Declension of media

	plural
nominative	media
genitive	mediów
dative	mediom
accusative	media
instrumental	mediami
locative	mediach
vocative	media

Derived terms

• (adjective) medialny

Related terms

• (noun) medialność
• (adverb) medialnie

Further reading

• media in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• media in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English media, mass media.

Noun

media m pl (plural only)

1. (Portugal, journalism) Alternative spelling of média (“media; mass media”)

Usage notes

Both media and média are used in European Portuguese, with media being the more common form, often italicized to denote the foreign origin and to distinguish it from the verb form of medir. In Brazilian Portuguese the variant mídia, in the singular, is often used.

Synonyms

• (mass media): mídia (Brazil)

Etymology 2

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

Conjugation

    conjugation of media (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a media
gerund			mediind
past participle			mediat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	mediez	mediezi	mediază	mediem	mediați	mediază
	imperfect	mediam	mediai	media	mediam	mediați	mediau
	simple perfect	mediai	mediași	medie	mediarăm	mediarăți	mediară
	pluperfect	mediasem	mediaseși	mediase	mediaserăm	mediaserăți	mediaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să mediez	să mediezi	să medieze	să mediem	să mediați	să medieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		mediază			mediați
	negative		nu media			nu mediați

Related terms

• mediator

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedja/, [ˈme.ð̞ja]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medias)

1. stocking
2. (Latin America, Philippines) sock (in general)

   Synonym: calcetín

3. (usually in the plural) pantyhose (North America), tights (UK)

   Synonyms: panti, pantimedia

4. (mathematics) mean, average

   media geométrica ― geometric mean

5. half an hour

   son las cinco y media ― it’s half past five

6. sharecrop

Usage notes

media can be used for "sock" in most Latin American countries except Mexico (although regional exceptions in Mexico might apply). When in Latin America if you want to distinguish between "stocking" and "sock", you can use calceta for "stocking" or calcetín for "sock".

Derived terms

• chupamedias
• media armónica
• media geométrica
• Medias Blancas de Chicago (“Chicago White Sox”)
• Medias Rojas de Boston (“Boston Red Sox”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

media f sg

1. feminine singular of medio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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.

Further reading

• “media” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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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)