media
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin media, nominal use of the feminine of medius (“middle”, adjective).
PronunciationEdit
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.
- Antonym: tenuis
- (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
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media
NounEdit
media (countable and uncountable, plural media or medias)
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Turkish: medya
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Etymology 3Edit
Shortening from multimedia.
AdjectiveEdit
media (not comparable)
- (computing) Clipping of multimedia.
- I have media files stored on an external hard drive.
- Adjust media sound in multiple apps
TranslationsEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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.
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
media
- Plural form of medium
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
media (accusative singular median, plural mediaj, accusative plural mediajn)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
media
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of media (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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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) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | mediani | mediamme |
2nd person | mediasi | medianne |
3rd person | mediansa |
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media f (plural medias)
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IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media or média
- medium,
- the means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
- (biology) a nutrient solution for the growth.
- media,
- means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
- (computing) a particular form of storage for digitized information, such as magnetic tape or discs.
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “media” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
media
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
media f (plural medie)
NounEdit
media m (invariable)
- media
- Synonym: mass media
VerbEdit
media
- inflection of mediare:
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AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
media
- inflection of medius:
ReferencesEdit
- 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)
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further readingEdit
- 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
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
media n
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
media n
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English (mass) media.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
media nvir
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- media in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- 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
- first-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of medir
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) imperfect indicative of medir
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
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 |
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SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
media f (plural medias)
- stocking
- (Latin America, Philippines) sock (in general)
- Synonym: calcetín
- (usually in the plural) pantyhose (North America), tights (UK)
- Synonyms: panti, pantimedia
- (mathematics) mean, average
- media geométrica ― geometric mean
- half an hour
- son las cinco y media ― it’s half past five
- sharecrop
Usage notesEdit
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 termsEdit
- chupamedias
- media armónica
- media geométrica
- Medias Blancas de Chicago (“Chicago White Sox”)
- Medias Rojas de Boston (“Boston Red Sox”)
- poner de vuelta y media
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
AdjectiveEdit
media f sg
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
media
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mediar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mediar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mediar.
Further readingEdit
- “media”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
media
- indefinite plural of medium.
- definite plural of medium
Usage notesEdit
- While formally a Latin plural, most often used as a collective or plurale tantum (e.g. mass media)