multimedia

See also: Multimedia, multimédia, and multimèdia

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ media

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌltiˈmiːdi.ə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːdiə

Noun

multimedia (uncountable)

1. The combined use of sound, video, and text to present an idea.

Related terms

• multimedial

Descendants

• → Finnish: multimedia
• → Hungarian: multimédia
• → Italian: multimedia
• → Japanese: マルチメディア (maruchimedia)
• → Korean: 멀티미디어 (meoltimidieo)
• → Russian: мультиме́диа (mulʹtimédia)
  • → Kazakh: мультимедиа (multimedia)
• → Spanish: multimedia

Translations

The use of different media to convey information

• Arabic: اَلْوَسَائِط اَلْمُتَعَدِّدَة‎ pl (al-wasāʔiṭ al-mutaʕaddida)
• Catalan: multimèdia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多媒體／多媒体 (zh) (duōméitǐ)

• Estonian: multimeedia pl
• Finnish: multimedia (fi)
• French: multimédia (fr) m
• German: Multimedia (de) n
• Greek: πολυμέσο (el) n (polyméso)
• Hindi: मल्टीमीडिया (malṭīmīḍiyā)
• Japanese: マルチメディア (maruchimedia), 複合媒体 (ふくごうばいたい, fukugō-baitai)
• Kazakh: мультимедиа (multimedia)
• Korean: 멀티미디어 (meoltimidieo)
• Norman: multimédia m
• Portuguese: multimédia (pt) m (Portugal), multimídia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: multimedia f
• Russian: мультиме́диа (ru) f (mulʹtimédia)
• Spanish: multimedia (es) m pl
• Swedish: multimedia (sv) pl
• Thai: มัลติมีเดีย
• Turkish: çoklu ortam (tr), multimedya (tr)
• Vietnamese: đa phương tiện (vi) (多方便)
• Volapük: mödamedäd

Adjective

multimedia (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to this combined use of media
2. (computing) of, or relating to an application that can combine such media into an integrated package

Translations

of, or relating to this combined use of media

• Catalan: multimèdia (ca)
• Finnish: multimedia-
• Romanian: multimedia f
• Spanish: multimedia (es)
• Ukrainian: мультимеді́йний (mulʹtymedíjnyj)
• Volapük: mödamedädik

(computing) of, or relating to an application that can combine such media into a package

• Catalan: multimèdia (ca) m or f
• Finnish: multimedia-
• Maori: rongorau
• Spanish: multimedia (es)

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Translations to be checked

• German: multimedial (de), Multimedia- (in compound words)

See also

• hypermedia

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English multimedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmultiˌmediɑ/, [ˈmult̪iˌme̞diɑ]
• Rhymes: -ediɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mul‧ti‧me‧di‧a

Noun

multimedia

1. multimedia

Declension

Inflection of multimedia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		multimedia	multimediat
genitive		multimedian	multimedioiden multimedioitten
partitive		multimediaa	multimedioita
illative		multimediaan	multimedioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		multimedia	multimediat
accusative	nom.	multimedia	multimediat
	gen.	multimedian
genitive		multimedian	multimedioiden multimedioitten multimediainrare
partitive		multimediaa	multimedioita
inessive		multimediassa	multimedioissa
elative		multimediasta	multimedioista
illative		multimediaan	multimedioihin
adessive		multimedialla	multimedioilla
ablative		multimedialta	multimedioilta
allative		multimedialle	multimedioille
essive		multimediana	multimedioina
translative		multimediaksi	multimedioiksi
instructive		—	multimedioin
abessive		multimediatta	multimedioitta
comitative		—	multimedioineen

Possessive forms of multimedia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	multimediani	multimediamme
2nd person	multimediasi	multimedianne
3rd person	multimediansa

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English multimedia.

Noun

multimedia m (invariable)

1. multimedia

Adjective

multimedia (invariable)

1. Alternative form of multimediale

Romanian

Etymology

From French multimédia.

Adjective

multimedia m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. multimedia

Declension

Declension of multimedia (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	multimedia		multimedia	multimedia	multimedia
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	multimedia		multimedia	multimedia	multimedia
	definite	—		—	—	—

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English multimedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /multiˈmedja/ [mul̪.t̪iˈme.ð̞ja]
• Rhymes: -edja
• Syllabification: mul‧ti‧me‧dia

Noun

multimedia f (plural multimedias)

1. (computing) multimedia

Adjective

multimedia (invariable)

1. (computing) multimedia, media

Further reading

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