English - Pronunciation

• enPR: mē'diə, IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdiə/
• Rhymes: -iːdiə

English - Etymology 1

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.
3. (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus

Usage notes

Not to be confused with medium.

Derived terms

• tunica media
• medial

Synonyms

• (vein of insect wing): M

Antonyms

• (voiced stop): tenuis

English - Etymology 2

Noun

media

1. plural form of medium
2. (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.

3. (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

Translations

English - Anagrams

• aimed, amide, maide

Esperanto - Etymology

From medi- + -a.

Esperanto - Adjective

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

1. environmental

Finnish - Noun

media

1. media

Declension

Galician - Noun

media

Italian - Adjective

media

Italian - Noun

media

Italian - Verb

media

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

Italian - Related Terms

• in media
• mediale
• mediano

Italian - Anagrams

• madie

Latin - Adjective

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

mediā

1. ablative feminine singular of medius

Portuguese - Verb

media

1. first-person singular imperfect of medir
2. third-person singular imperfect of medir

Romanian - Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latin medius.

Romanian - Verb

a media (third-person singular present mediază, past participle mediat)

Spanish - Etymology

From Latin medius

Spanish - Noun

media

Spanish - Adjective

media

1. feminine form of medio

Spanish - 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.

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)

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