media
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin media, nominal use of the feminine of medius (“middle”, adjective).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) enPR: mē'diə, me'diə, IPA(key): /ˈmiːdɪə/, /ˈmɛdɪə/
- (US) enPR: mē'dēə, IPA(key): /ˈmiːdi.ə/
- Rhymes: -iːdiə
NounEdit
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 notesEdit
Not to be confused with medium.
SynonymsEdit
- (vein of insect wing): M
AntonymsEdit
- (voiced stop): tenuis
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Plural of medium, reinterpreted as singular or mass noun; from Latin medium (plural media), nominal use of the neuter of medius (“middle”, adjective).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media
media (countable and uncountable, plural media or medias)
- (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 termsEdit
Terms derived from media
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TranslationsEdit
means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
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Further readingEdit
- "media" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 203.
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
media (accusative singular median, plural mediaj, accusative plural mediajn)
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
media
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |
GalicianEdit
ItalianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
media f sg
- Feminine singular of adjective medio.
NounEdit
media f (plural medie)
NounEdit
media m (invariable)
SynonymsEdit
VerbEdit
media
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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
ReferencesEdit
- media in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media pl
DeclensionEdit
declension of media
Further readingEdit
- media in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from English media, mass media.
NounEdit
media m pl (plural only)
- (Portugal, journalism) Alternative spelling of média (“media; mass media”)
Usage notesEdit
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. [1]
SynonymsEdit
- (mass media): mídia (Brazil)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
media
ReferencesEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin mediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latin medius.
VerbEdit
a media (third-person singular present mediază, past participle mediat) 1st conj.
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of media (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a media | ||||||
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| 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 termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
media f (plural medias)
- sock, stocking
- (usually in the plural) pantyhose
- (mathematics) mean, average
- half an hour
- son las cinco y media ― it’s 5:30.
- sharecrop
AdjectiveEdit
media f sg
- Feminine singular of adjective medio.
VerbEdit
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.