media

(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.

(historical) Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L

cuarto

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.


media

plural of medium (only in certain senses)

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 and expressions. Moreover, it is now asserted as the teaching of these media, that the scenes of the Salem witchcraft, so called, were the attempts of the spirits in another world to make their presence known, and to convey communications to the living. […] Media, Persons of Nervous Organism. […] We should not disparage at all, we wish not to do so, the character of those who are generally the media. We allude not to the fact that they are generally young, and inexperienced, and females.

1852, Traverse Oldfield [pseudonym; George Whitefield Samson], “To Daimonion,” or The Spiritual Medium. Its Nature Illustrated by the History of Its Uniform Mysterious Manifestation When Unduly Excited. […], Boston, Mass.: Gould and Lincoln, […], pages 14, 36, and 39:

[A]n alphabetic and telegraphic correspondence was established between members of the Fox family and the mysterious invisible agent. Two daughters of Mr. Fox appear to have been the principal media in the communications thus far; […] [I]t was calculated that in September, 1853, there were thirty thousand media in the United States. […] Many of the earlier media or vehicles of these communications, persons whose peculiar nervous and electric temperament was thought to favour intercourse with, departed spirits, asserted, and their friends confirmed the fact, that these invisible powers, by certain distinct knockings, corresponding to the place of the letters in the alphabet, were able to convey messages. […] [T]hese rappings assumed protean forms. They would occur […] when the feet of the media were isolated on glass stools,[…]. Media with no taste for music, when impressed, would play well on the piano; […]

1854, Mary Howitt, compiler, “[Appendix.] Spiritual Manifestations.”, in The History of Magic. […], volume II, London: Henry G. Bohn, […], pages 491–494:

At a private circle, one evening in the early part of last week, whereof the two media of whom I spoke in my last formed a part, we were directed, through the raps, to place a guitar under the table. […] At a subsequent meeting of the same persons, held at the house of Mr. B., the father of Miss B., the medium, these musical performances were all repeated, with the addition of some extra performances with a small hand-bell, which the Spirit called for.

1854 February 4, Frater [pseudonym], “More from the Spirits in Buffalo”, in Spiritual Telegraph: Devoted to the Illustration of Spiritual Intercourse, volume II, number 40 (whole 92), New York, N.Y.: Partridge and Brittan, page 157, columns 4–5:

As a confirmation of these revelations, there are several media in different parts of the world who have declared that they have seen various communications from spirits of high orders, who have declared that, for furtherance of God’s eternal will, one central medium or prophet shall be established,[…]. Mr. J. Jones, of Coventry, whose son is a medium, has written an able article on this subject, which has appeared in several periodicals, and all the media candidly acknowledge that this prophet has never been revealed unto them, and as these revelations were obtained in 1854, and I had seen the accounts given by other media recently published, declaring to their being informed that a prophet should come, […] I, in August, 1856, determined to send forth the revelations received two years since respecting myself and others, in reference to our instructions upon the establishment of the New Era and the true universal church of Christ, and thus prove that the event was foretold by other media who knew nothing of me, or the affairs into which I had embarked; […]

1857, J. G. H. Brown, “Further Revelations as Instructions from the Celestial Powers”, in A Message from the World of Spirits, Shewing the State of Men after Death; […], London: […] Holyoake & Co., […], pages 279–280:

[A]s media often rebel, and neglect their appointed guides, they lay themselves open to the influences of evil spirits, who appear to be always alive for mischief, as we find too much the case in the earth-life. It is not the medium alone who is thus provided with a protector; […] There are well-known media in England who have thus in a short time devoured the chief contents of whole libraries. […] I must now get on to the next class, namely, Pictorial Mediumship, which differs from the Symbolic chiefly in the circumstance that the things seen and described by the medium do not in reality exist as material facts, but are only representations, prefiguring or bodying-forth a spiritual or psychical truth. Ezekiel, Daniel, the writer of the Apocalypse, and Swedenborg are instances of Pictorial media, and there are many beautiful examples amongst modern media, of whom T. L. Harris is one of the most eminent; Judge Edmonds, of America, is another instance.

1872 December 31, T. Grant, A Scientific View of Modern Spiritualism. […], London: James Burns, […], pages 6–7 and 15:

The author visited the temple at Magazine Road, dedicated to the Nine Sovereigns, where tang-ki, media, were at the service of the public in order to communicate between the deceased and the living. […] Several media kicked a heated glowing red iron ball[…]. Other media danced to and fro swinging their swords fighting the unseen demons. […] [M]ale devotees led by the media walked across the scorching coals in an act of purification. […] In Penang the day ends with a medium possessed by the “Ninth Sovereign” being carried to the beach.

1972, Åke Haglund, Contact and Conflict: Studies in Contemporary Religious Attitudes among Chinese People, Lund: CWK Gleerups, →OCLC, page 191:

(rare, nonstandard) plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)

medium

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”).


media

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) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.

Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.

[…] 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.

2020, Jordan Raynor, Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do, page 161:

(often treated as uncountable) The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.

Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.

(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.

en-noun

media (countable and uncountable, plural media or medias)

Burmese: မီဒီယာ (midiya)

Turkish: medya

وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام

means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information

وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام

the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry


media

I have media files stored on an external hard drive.

Adjust media sound in multiple apps

Shortening from multimedia, from multi- + media (“forms of communication”).


media

eo-head

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

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


media

media (nominative singular)
mediat (nominative plural)
media (accusative nominative singular)
mediat (accusative nominative plural)
median (accusative genitive singular)
mediat (accusative genitive plural)
median (genitive singular)
medioiden (genitive plural)
medioitten (genitive plural)
mediain (genitive plural rare)
mediaa (partitive singular)
medioita (partitive plural)
mediassa (inessive singular)
medioissa (inessive plural)
mediasta (elative singular)
medioista (elative plural)
mediaan (illative singular)
medioihin (illative plural)
medialla (adessive singular)
medioilla (adessive plural)
medialta (ablative singular)
medioilta (ablative plural)
medialle (allative singular)
medioille (allative plural)
mediana (essive singular)
medioina (essive plural)
mediaksi (singular translative)
medioiksi (plural translative)
mediatta (abessive singular)
medioitta (abessive plural)
medioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
mediani (nominative singular)
mediani (nominative plural)
mediani (accusative nominative singular)
mediani (accusative nominative plural)
mediani (accusative genitive singular)
mediani (accusative genitive plural)
mediani (genitive singular)
medioideni (genitive plural)
medioitteni (genitive plural)
mediaini (genitive plural rare)
mediaani (partitive singular)
medioitani (partitive plural)
mediassani (inessive singular)
medioissani (inessive plural)
mediastani (elative singular)
medioistani (elative plural)
mediaani (illative singular)
medioihini (illative plural)
mediallani (adessive singular)
medioillani (adessive plural)
medialtani (ablative singular)
medioiltani (ablative plural)
medialleni (allative singular)
medioilleni (allative plural)
medianani (essive singular)
medioinani (essive plural)
mediakseni (singular translative)
medioikseni (plural translative)
mediattani (abessive singular)
medioittani (abessive plural)
medioineni (comitative plural)
mediasi (nominative singular)
mediasi (nominative plural)
mediasi (accusative nominative singular)
mediasi (accusative nominative plural)
mediasi (accusative genitive singular)
mediasi (accusative genitive plural)
mediasi (genitive singular)
medioidesi (genitive plural)
medioittesi (genitive plural)
mediaisi (genitive plural rare)
mediaasi (partitive singular)
medioitasi (partitive plural)
mediassasi (inessive singular)
medioissasi (inessive plural)
mediastasi (elative singular)
medioistasi (elative plural)
mediaasi (illative singular)
medioihisi (illative plural)
mediallasi (adessive singular)
medioillasi (adessive plural)
medialtasi (ablative singular)
medioiltasi (ablative plural)
mediallesi (allative singular)
medioillesi (allative plural)
medianasi (essive singular)
medioinasi (essive plural)
mediaksesi (singular translative)
medioiksesi (plural translative)
mediattasi (abessive singular)
medioittasi (abessive plural)
medioinesi (comitative plural)
mediamme (nominative singular)
mediamme (nominative plural)
mediamme (accusative nominative singular)
mediamme (accusative nominative plural)
mediamme (accusative genitive singular)
mediamme (accusative genitive plural)
mediamme (genitive singular)
medioidemme (genitive plural)
medioittemme (genitive plural)
mediaimme (genitive plural rare)
mediaamme (partitive singular)
medioitamme (partitive plural)
mediassamme (inessive singular)
medioissamme (inessive plural)
mediastamme (elative singular)
medioistamme (elative plural)
mediaamme (illative singular)
medioihimme (illative plural)
mediallamme (adessive singular)
medioillamme (adessive plural)
medialtamme (ablative singular)
medioiltamme (ablative plural)
mediallemme (allative singular)
medioillemme (allative plural)
medianamme (essive singular)
medioinamme (essive plural)
mediaksemme (singular translative)
medioiksemme (plural translative)
mediattamme (abessive singular)
medioittamme (abessive plural)
medioinemme (comitative plural)
medianne (nominative singular)
medianne (nominative plural)
medianne (accusative nominative singular)
medianne (accusative nominative plural)
medianne (accusative genitive singular)
medianne (accusative genitive plural)
medianne (genitive singular)
medioidenne (genitive plural)
medioittenne (genitive plural)
mediainne (genitive plural rare)
mediaanne (partitive singular)
medioitanne (partitive plural)
mediassanne (inessive singular)
medioissanne (inessive plural)
mediastanne (elative singular)
medioistanne (elative plural)
mediaanne (illative singular)
medioihinne (illative plural)
mediallanne (adessive singular)
medioillanne (adessive plural)
medialtanne (ablative singular)
medioiltanne (ablative plural)
mediallenne (allative singular)
medioillenne (allative plural)
mediananne (essive singular)
medioinanne (essive plural)
mediaksenne (singular translative)
medioiksenne (plural translative)
mediattanne (abessive singular)
medioittanne (abessive plural)
medioinenne (comitative plural)
mediansa (nominative singular)
mediansa (nominative plural)
mediansa (accusative nominative singular)
mediansa (accusative nominative plural)
mediansa (accusative genitive singular)
mediansa (accusative genitive plural)
mediansa (genitive singular)
medioidensa (genitive plural)
medioittensa (genitive plural)
mediainsa (genitive plural rare)
mediaansa (partitive singular)
medioitaan (partitive plural)
medioitansa (partitive plural)
mediassaan (inessive singular)
mediassansa (inessive singular)
medioissaan (inessive plural)
medioissansa (inessive plural)
mediastaan (elative singular)
mediastansa (elative singular)
medioistaan (elative plural)
medioistansa (elative plural)
mediaansa (illative singular)
medioihinsa (illative plural)
mediallaan (adessive singular)
mediallansa (adessive singular)
medioillaan (adessive plural)
medioillansa (adessive plural)
medialtaan (ablative singular)
medialtansa (ablative singular)
medioiltaan (ablative plural)
medioiltansa (ablative plural)
medialleen (allative singular)
mediallensa (allative singular)
medioilleen (allative plural)
medioillensa (allative plural)
medianaan (essive singular)
medianansa (essive singular)
medioinaan (essive plural)
medioinansa (essive plural)
mediakseen (singular translative)
mediaksensa (singular translative)
medioikseen (plural translative)
medioiksensa (plural translative)
mediattaan (abessive singular)
mediattansa (abessive singular)
medioittaan (abessive plural)
medioittansa (abessive plural)
medioineen (comitative plural)
medioinensa (comitative plural)


media

(reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of medir


media

the means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.

(biology) a nutrient solution for the growth.

medium,
a nutrient solution for the growth.

means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.

(computing) a particular form of storage for digitized information, such as magnetic tape or discs.

* From Dutch media, from Latin media.
* Semantic loan from English media.


media

average, mean (especially an overall, average grade)


media

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of mediare:
second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


media

inflection of medius:
nominative feminine singular


media

ablative/vocative feminine singular of medius


media

media (means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information)

media (nominative plural)
mediów (genitive plural)
mediom (dative plural)
media (accusative plural)
mediami (instrumental plural)
mediach (locative plural)
media (plural vocative)


media

(Portugal, journalism) Alternative spelling of média (“media; mass media”)

Unadapted borrowing from English media, mass media.


media

inflection of mediar:
second-person singular imperative


media

ro-verb

a media (third-person singular present mediază, past participle mediat) 1st conj.

a media (canonical)
mediază (present singular third-person)
mediat (participle past)
a media (infinitive)
mediind (gerund)
mediat (participle past)
mediez (first-person indicative present singular)
mediezi (indicative present second-person singular)
mediază (indicative present singular third-person)
mediem (first-person indicative plural present)
mediați (indicative plural present second-person)
mediază (indicative plural present third-person)
mediam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mediai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
media (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mediam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mediați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mediau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mediai (first-person indicative perfect singular)
mediași (indicative perfect second-person singular)
medie (indicative perfect singular third-person)
mediarăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
mediarăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
mediară (indicative perfect plural third-person)
mediasem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
mediaseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
mediase (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
mediaserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
mediaserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
mediaseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să mediez (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să mediezi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să medieze (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să mediem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să mediați (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să medieze (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mediază (imperative second-person singular)
mediați (imperative plural second-person)
nu media (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu mediați (imperative negative plural second-person)

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


media

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)

cuarto

stocking (long thin leggings worn by women)

(usually in the plural) pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)

(most of Latin America, Philippines) sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet)

media geométrica

(mathematics) mean, average (the arithmetic middle in a set of values)

(anatomy) midline (the medial line of the human body)

Son las cinco y media.

Empezamos a LA media en punto.

We started at precisely half past LA time.

(usually with 'y') half past (especially as an indication that it is exactly 30 minutes after the hour)

→ Aymara: miryasa

→ Cebuano: medyas

→ Hiligaynon: medyas

→ Maguindanao: midias

→ Tagalog: medyas

→ Tausug: midyas

→ Yucatec Maya: meedias