Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word media. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in media.
Definitions and meaning of media
media
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latinmedia, 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 Spanishmedia. Doublet of medium, medio, andmediate.
(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.
(historical)Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
Usage notes
Not to be confused with medium.
Synonyms
(vein of insect wing):M
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latinmedia, neuter plural form of medius(“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic*meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos(“between”).
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiːdiə/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈmidi.ə/
Rhymes: -iːdiə
Noun
media
plural of medium(only in certain senses)
(rare, nonstandard)plural of medium(“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)
Noun
media (countable and uncountable, pluralmediaormedias)
(often treated as uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
(often treated as uncountable) 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.
(usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
(computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
Derived terms
Descendants
Burmese: မီဒီယာ(midiya)
Turkish: medya
Translations
Etymology 3
Shortening from multimedia, from multi- + media(“forms of communication”).
Adjective
media (not comparable)
(computing)Clipping of multimedia.
References
“media”, in 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, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Maedi, aimed, amide, maide
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
media
plural of medium
Esperanto
Etymology
From medio + -a.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [meˈdia]
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: me‧di‧a
Adjective
media (accusative singularmedian, pluralmediaj, accusative pluralmediajn)
environmental
Finnish
Etymology
From Englishmedia.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmediɑ/, [ˈme̞diɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ediɑ
Syllabification(key): me‧di‧a
Noun
media
media
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“media”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Galician
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinmedia.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmeðjɐ/
Noun
mediaf (pluralmedias)
average
Related terms
medio
Etymology 2
Verb
media
(reintegrationist norm)first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of medir
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutchmedia, from Latinmedia.
Semantic loan from Englishmedia.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈmedia̯]
Hyphenation: mé‧dia
Noun
mediaormédia
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 forms
medium
Derived terms
Further reading
“media” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinmedia.
Adjective
mediaf sg
feminine singular of medio
Noun
mediaf (pluralmedie)
average, mean (especially an overall, average grade)
Noun
mediam (invariable)
media
Synonym:mass media
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
media
inflection of mediare:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Related terms
in media
mediale
mediano
Anagrams
edima, madie
Latin
Adjective
media
inflection of medius:
nominative feminine singular
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
mediā
ablative/vocative feminine singular of medius
References
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 Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmetiːa/
Noun
media
media
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
mediene
Noun
median
definite plural of medium
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
median
definite plural of medium
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English(mass) media.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.dja/
Rhymes: -ɛdja
Syllabification: me‧dia
Noun
medianvir pl
plural of medium
media(means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
media in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
media in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: me‧di‧a
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from Englishmedia, mass media.
Noun
mediam 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.
Synonyms
(mass media):mídia(Brazil)
Etymology 2
Verb
media
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of medir
inflection of mediar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latinmediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latinmedius.
Verb
a media (third-person singular presentmediază, past participlemediat) 1st conj.
to mediate
to intercede, interpose
Conjugation
Related terms
mediator
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmedja/[ˈme.ð̞ja]
Rhymes: -edja
Syllabification: me‧dia
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinmedia.
Noun
mediaf (pluralmedias)
half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
(historical)Synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L)
stocking (long thin leggings worn by women)
Synonym:calceta
(usually in the plural) pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)
Synonyms:panti, pantimedia
(most of Latin America, Philippines) sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet)
Synonym:calcetín
(mathematics) mean, average (the arithmetic middle in a set of values)
media geométrica ― geometric mean
(anatomy) midline (the medial line of the human body)
(usually with 'y') half past (especially as an indication that it is exactly 30 minutes after the hour)
Son las cinco y media. ― It’s half past five.
Empezamos a LA media en punto. ― We started at precisely half past LA time.
Usage notes
In most of Latin America, media covers both sock and stocking as a single concept. When it is necessary to distinguish between the two, calceta is used for "stocking" and calcetín for "sock". In most of Mexico, media is only used for stockings except in reference to American baseball teams.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
mediaf sg
feminine singular of medio
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
media
inflection of mediar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
“media”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
media
indefinite plural of medium
definite plural of medium
Usage notes
While formally a Latin plural, most often used as a collective or plurale tantum (e.g. mass media)