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media¹
- /ˈmiː.di.ə/ UK
- /ˈmɛ.di.ə/ UK
- /ˈmi.di.ə/ US
- /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jɑ/ South Asia
- /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/ South Asia
Rhymes with -iːdiə
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate.
noun medias · mediae
- The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
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A voiced stop consonant.
Opposite: tenuis
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One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
Similar: M
- An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
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Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
Similar: cuarto
media²
- /ˈmiːdiə/ UK
- /ˈmidi.ə/ US
Rhymes with -iːdiə
Where it comes from
Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latin media, neuter plural form of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).
noun
- plural of medium (only in certain senses) The media have differed in their approaches to coverage of the scandal.
- plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”) There is, again, “the writing medium,” the man or woman influenced seeming to lose control of the right arm, when the pen or pencil is taken;[…]. There is, finally, “the speaking medium,” the person influenced being lost in a swoon or trance, and then uttering strange and unaccountable sentiments an
noun media · medias
- The 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.
- The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published. Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.
- The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry. Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
- Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
media³
Where it comes from
Shortening from multimedia, from multi- + media (“forms of communication”).
adjective
- Clipping of multimedia I have media files stored on an external hard drive.
Media⁴
- /ˈmiːdɪə/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία (Mēdía), from Μῆδος (Mêdos), from *Mada (vocalization uncertain), the Old Median language self-designator signifying speakers of the Median language. Compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) i.e. central kingdom, cognate with Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya).
proper noun
- A geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.
- A possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated.
- A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
- A borough, the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mass media, median, braces, substrates, tape, rush, environment, milieu, diffusion, bracket, half, disseminate, dissemination, press, psychics, east
Translations
Every language
noun means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
| Español | medios |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 언론 eollon, 미디어 midieo, 매체 maeche |
| 中文 | 媒體 /媒体 méitǐ |
| हिन्दी | मीडिया mīḍiyā |
| Português | mídia, média, media |
| Français | média |
| Italiano | media, mass media |
| Ελληνικά | μέσα mésa |
| Română | media |
| Русский | ме́диа média |
| Tiếng Việt | phương tiện truyền thông, truyền thông |
| العربية | وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām, إِعْلَام ʔiʕlām |
| עברית | תקשורת, תִּקְשֹׁרֶת tikshorét |
noun the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
| Español | medios de comunicación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 언론 eollon, 미디어 midieo, 매체 maeche |
| 日本語 | メディア, 媒体 baitai |
| 中文 | 媒體 /媒体 méitǐ, 傳媒 /传媒 chuánméi |
| हिन्दी | संचार माध्यम sañcār mādhyam |
| Português | mídia, média, media |
| Français | médias |
| Deutsch | Medien |
| Ελληνικά | μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης mésa mazikís enimérosis |
| Русский | сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции srédstva mássovoj informácii, СМИ SMI, масс-ме́диа mass-média, ме́диа média |
| Tiếng Việt | báo giới |
| العربية | وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām, إِعْلَام ʔiʕlām |
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title = {media},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/media},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
