media
English
Pronunciation
Noun
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 notes
Not to be confused with medium.
Synonyms
- (vein of insect wing): M
Antonyms
- (voiced stop): tenuis
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
Noun
media
- plural of medium
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 terms
- media event (noun)
- mediagenic (adjective)
- mediascape (noun)
- mainstream media
- mass media
- media circus
- media darling
- media whore
- multimedia
Translations
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Further reading
- "media" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 203.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdia/
- Hyphenation: me‧di‧a
- Rhymes: -ia
Finnish
Declension
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 |
Galician
Italian
Synonyms
Latin
Adjective
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
- ablative feminine singular of medius
References
- media in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Northern Sami
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛd.ja/
Noun
media pl
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English media, mass media.
Noun
media m pl (plural only)
- (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. [1]
Synonyms
- (mass media): mídia (Brazil)
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.
Conjugation
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 |
Spanish
Noun
media f (plural medias)
Usage notes
- (pantyhose): Often more used in the plural forms with the same meaning.
Synonyms
- (pantyhose): panti f, pantimedia f
Swedish
Usage notes
- While formally a Latin plural, most often used as a collective or plurale tantum (e.g. mass media)