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/
• (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, 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

media (countable and uncountable, plural media or medias)

1. (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.

2. (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

• 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 (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām), إِعْلَام m (ʔiʕlām)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 媒體／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
• Finnish: tiedotusväline (fi), viestin (fi), media (fi)
• Galician: medios m pl
• Hungarian: média (hu)
• Icelandic: miðill (is) m
• Macedonian: меди́уми m pl (medíumi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: media
• Maori: pāpāhotanga
• Pashto: رسنۍ (ps) pl or f (rësënai)
• Persian: مدیا (mediá), رسانه (fa) (rasāne)
• Polish: media (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: mídia (pt) f (Brazil), média (pt) m pl, media (pt) m pl
• Russian: ме́диа (ru) pl (média)
• Spanish: medios (es) pl
• Swedish: media (sv) n pl
• Vietnamese: phương tiện truyền thông

the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry

• Arabic: وَسَائِل اَلْإِعْلَام pl (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām), إِعْلَام m (ʔiʕlām)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 媒體／媒体 (zh) (méitǐ), 媒体 (zh) (méitǐ), 傳媒／传媒 (zh) (chuánméi), 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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: 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), (abbreviation) СМИ (ru) (SMI), масс-ме́диа (ru) pl (mass-média), ме́диа (ru) pl (média)
• Spanish: medios de comunicación pl
• Swedish: press (sv) c, media (sv) n pl

Further reading

• "media" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 203.

Anagrams

• Maedi, aimed, amide, maide

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

media

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of medium

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Esperanto

Etymology

From medio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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

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
abessive		mediatta	medioitta
instructive		—	medioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mediani mediani accusative nom. mediani mediani gen. mediani genitive mediani medioideni medioitteni mediainirare partitive mediaani medioitani inessive mediassani medioissani elative mediastani medioistani illative mediaani medioihini adessive mediallani medioillani ablative medialtani medioiltani allative medialleni medioilleni essive medianani medioinani translative mediakseni medioikseni abessive mediattani medioittani instructive — — comitative — medioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mediasi mediasi accusative nom. mediasi mediasi gen. mediasi genitive mediasi medioidesi medioittesi mediaisirare partitive mediaasi medioitasi inessive mediassasi medioissasi elative mediastasi medioistasi illative mediaasi medioihisi adessive mediallasi medioillasi ablative medialtasi medioiltasi allative mediallesi medioillesi essive medianasi medioinasi translative mediaksesi medioiksesi abessive mediattasi medioittasi instructive — — comitative — medioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mediamme mediamme accusative nom. mediamme mediamme gen. mediamme genitive mediamme medioidemme medioittemme mediaimmerare partitive mediaamme medioitamme inessive mediassamme medioissamme elative mediastamme medioistamme illative mediaamme medioihimme adessive mediallamme medioillamme ablative medialtamme medioiltamme allative mediallemme medioillemme essive medianamme medioinamme translative mediaksemme medioiksemme abessive mediattamme medioittamme instructive — — comitative — medioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative medianne medianne accusative nom. medianne medianne gen. medianne genitive medianne medioidenne medioittenne mediainnerare partitive mediaanne medioitanne inessive mediassanne medioissanne elative mediastanne medioistanne illative mediaanne medioihinne adessive mediallanne medioillanne ablative medialtanne medioiltanne allative mediallenne medioillenne essive mediananne medioinanne translative mediaksenne medioiksenne abessive mediattanne medioittanne instructive — — comitative — medioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mediansa mediansa accusative nom. mediansa mediansa gen. mediansa genitive mediansa medioidensa medioittensa mediainsarare partitive mediaansa medioitaan medioitansa inessive mediassaan mediassansa medioissaan medioissansa elative mediastaan mediastansa medioistaan medioistansa illative mediaansa medioihinsa adessive mediallaan mediallansa medioillaan medioillansa ablative medialtaan medialtansa medioiltaan medioiltansa allative medialleen mediallensa medioilleen medioillensa essive medianaan medianansa medioinaan medioinansa translative mediakseen mediaksensa medioikseen medioiksensa abessive mediattaan mediattansa medioittaan medioittansa instructive — — comitative — medioineen medioinensa

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medias)

1. average

Related terms

• medio

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Italian

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective medio.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medie)

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

Noun

media m (uncountable)

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

(deprecated template usage) 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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) mediā

1. ablative feminine singular 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈmɛd.ja//

Noun

media ? pl

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

Further reading

• Template:R: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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medias)

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

   son las cinco y media ― it’s 5:30.

5. sharecrop

Usage notes

• (pantyhose): Often more used in the plural forms with the same meaning.

Synonyms

• (pantyhose): panti f, pantimedia f

Derived terms

• chupamedias

Adjective

media f sg

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective 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. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of medium
2. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of medium

Usage notes

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