media

Etymology 1
, the feminine nominative of, from , from. In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via. .

Noun

 * 1)  The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
 * 2)  A voiced stop consonant.
 * 3)  One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
 * 4)  An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
 * : a half-fanega,
 * : a half-fanega,

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with.

Etymology 2
Latinate plural of, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from , neuter plural form of , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
 * 2)  Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
 * 1)  The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
 * 2)  Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
 * 1)  Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.

Translations

 * Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام, إِعْلَام
 * Belarusian: ме́дыя
 * Bulgarian: ме́дия
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: amaskomunikiloj, mediato
 * Estonian: meedia
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician: medios
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: मीडिया
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Macedonian: меди́уми
 * Malay:
 * Maori: pāpāhotanga, arapāho, hungapāho
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: مدیا,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: phương tiện truyền thông


 * Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام, إِعْلَام
 * Belarusian: СМІ, ме́дыя, мас-ме́дыя
 * Bulgarian: ме́дия, масме́дия
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: meedia
 * Finnish: tiedotusvälineet, viestimet,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης
 * Hindi: संचार माध्यम
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Macedonian: меди́уми
 * Maori: hunga pāpāho, ao pāpāho
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, مدیا
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: medios de comunicación, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, ,

Etymology 3
Shortening from, from +.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) environmental

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) media

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) average

Etymology

 * From, from.

Noun

 * 1) the means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
 * 2)  a nutrient solution for the growth.
 * 3) means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
 * 4)  a particular form of storage for digitized information, such as magnetic tape or discs.
 * 1) means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
 * 2)  a particular form of storage for digitized information, such as magnetic tape or discs.

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) average, mean (especially an overall, average grade)

Etymology
.

Etymology 1
,.

Usage notes
Both and  are used in European Portuguese, with  being the more common form, often italicized to denote the foreign origin and to distinguish it from the verb form of. In Brazilian Portuguese the variant, in the singular, is often used.

Etymology
, present active infinitive of, from.

Verb

 * 1) to mediate
 * 2) to intercede, interpose

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) half
 * , half-fanega
 * 1) stocking
 * 2)  pantyhose
 * 3)  sock
 * 4)  mean, average
 * 5)  midline
 * 6)  half past
 * 1)  mean, average
 * 2)  midline
 * 3)  half past
 * 1)  half past

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, is used for "stocking" and  for "sock". In most of Mexico, media is only used for stockings except in reference to American baseball teams.

Usage notes

 * While formally a Latin plural, most often used as a collective or plurale tantum (e.g. mass media)