Phrase guide

mass media

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • măs mēʹdē-ə
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noun

Meaning 1

Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

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Across languages

Translations

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: massamedia — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Albanian: masmedie — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام الْجَمَاهِيرِيَّة (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām al-jamāhīriyya) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام الْعَامَّة (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām al-ʕāmma) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Armenian: զանգվածային լրատվության միջոցներ (zangvacayin lratvutʻyan miǰocʻner) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Armenian: ԶԼՄ (ZLM) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Azerbaijani: kütləvi informasiya vasitələri — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Azerbaijani: KİV — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Belarusian: сро́дкі ма́савай інфарма́цыі (sródki másavaj infarmácyi) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Belarusian: СМІ (SMI) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Belarusian: мас-ме́дыя (mas-mjédyja) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Belarusian: мас-мэ́дыя (mas-médyja) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Bengali: গণমাধ্যম (gonomaddhom) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Bulgarian: сре́дства за ма́сова информа́ция (srédstva za másova informácija) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Bulgarian: масме́дия (masmédija) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Burmese: လူထုမီဒီယာ (luhtu.midiya) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Catalan: mitjans de comunicació de masses — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Cantonese: 大眾傳媒 /大衆傳媒 /大众传媒 (daai6 zung3 cyun4 mui4) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Cantonese: 大眾媒體 /大衆媒體 /大众媒体 (daai6 zung3 mui4 tai2) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese: 大眾媒體 /大衆媒體 /大众媒体 (tāi-chiòng mûi-thé) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大眾傳播媒介 /大众传播媒介 (dàzhòng chuánbō méijiè) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宣傳工具 /宣传工具 (xuānchuán gōngjù) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 媒體 /媒体 (méitǐ) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞界 /新闻界 (xīnwénjiè) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳播媒介 /传播媒介 (chuánbō méijiè) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大眾媒體 /大衆媒體 /大众媒体 (dàzhòng méitǐ) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Czech: masmédia — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Czech: hromadné sdělovací prostředky — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Czech: masová média — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Czech: média — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Danish: massemedier — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Dutch: massamedia — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Esperanto: amaskomunikilo — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Esperanto: amasinformilo — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Estonian: massimeedia — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Faroese: fjølmiðil — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Finnish: joukkotiedotusvälineet — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Finnish: joukkotiedotus — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Finnish: joukkoviestin — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Finnish: joukkoviestimet — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • French: mass-médias — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • French: médias de masse — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Galician: medios de comunicación de masas — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Georgian: მასმედია (masmedia) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Georgian: მედია — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • German: Massenmedien — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Greek: μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης (mésa mazikís enimérosis) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Greek: ΜΜΕ (MME) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Hebrew: תִּקְשֹׁרֶת הֲמוֹנִים — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Hebrew: תקשורת המונים (tikshoret hamonim) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Hindi: मास मीडिया (mās mīḍiyā) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Hindi: संचार माध्यम (sañcār mādhyam) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Hungarian: tömegmédia — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Icelandic: fjölmiðill — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Indonesian: media massa — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Italian: mezzi di comunicazione — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Japanese: マスメディア (masumedia) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Japanese: マスコミ (masukomi) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Japanese: 大衆媒体 (taishū baitai) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Kannada: ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ (mādhyama) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Kazakh: бұқаралық ақпарат құралдары (būqaralyq aqparat qūraldary) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Kazakh: БАҚ (BAQ) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Khmer: មធ្យោបាយឃោសនា (matthyoobaay khoosaʼnaa) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Khmer: ប្រព័ន្ធឃោសនា (prɑɑpŏən khoosaʼnaa) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Korean: 대중매체 (daejungmaeche) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Korean: 매스 미디어 (maeseu midieo) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Northern Kurdish: çapemenî — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Northern Kurdish: medya — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Kyrgyz: массалык маалымат каражаттары (massalık maalımat karajattarı) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Lao: ສື່ມວນຊົນ (sư̄ mūan son) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Latin: media publica — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Latvian: plašsaziņas līdzekļi — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Latvian: masu saziņas līdzekļi — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Lithuanian: žiniasklaida — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Macedonian: масовни медиуми (masovni mediumi) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Macedonian: медиуми (mediumi) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Malay: media massa — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Malayalam: ബഹുജനമാദ്ധ്യമം (bahujanamāddhyamaṁ) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Marathi: जनसंपर्क (jansamparka) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Mongolian: олон нийтийн мэдээлэл (olon niitiin medeelel) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Norwegian Bokmål: massemedier — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: massemedium — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Pashto: ټوليزې رسنۍ (ṭolíze rasanǝy) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Iranian Persian: رَسانِههایِ گُروهی (rasâne-hâ-ye goruhi) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Iranian Persian: رَسانِههایِ جَمْعی (rasâne-hâ-ye jam'i) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Iranian Persian: وَسایِلِ اِرْتِباطِ جَمْعی (vasâyel-e ertebât-e jam'i) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Polish: mass media — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Polish: środki masowego przekazu — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Portuguese: meios de comunicação — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Romanian: mass-media — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Russian: сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции (srédstva mássovoj informácii) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Russian: СМИ (SMI) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Russian: масс-ме́диа (mass-média) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Serbo-Croatian: мас медији — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Serbo-Croatian: медији — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Serbo-Croatian: mas mediji — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Serbo-Croatian: mediji — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Slovak: masmédium — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Slovak: médium — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Slovak: masové médium — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Slovak: masmédiá — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Slovene: množična občila — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Slovene: množični mediji — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Slovene: sredstva množičnega obveščanja — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Spanish: medios de comunicación de masas — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Spanish: medios comunicacionales masivos — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Spanish: medios masivos comunicativos — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Swedish: massmedier — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Tagalog: midyang panlahat — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Tajik: воситаҳои ахбори омма (vositaho-yi axbor-i omma) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Tajik: расонаҳои ахбор (rasonaho-yi axbor) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Tajik: расонаҳои гурӯҳӣ (rasonaho-yi gurühi) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Tajik: расонаҳои ҷамъӣ (rasonaho-yi jam'i) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Tamil: மக்கள் ஊடகம் (makkaḷ ūṭakam) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Telugu: సమాచార మాధ్యమాలు (samācāra mādhyamālu) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Thai: สื่อมวลชน (sʉ̀ʉ-muuan-chon) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Turkish: basın-yayın — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Turkmen: köpçülikleýin mediýa — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Ukrainian: за́соби ма́сової інформа́ції (zásoby másovoji informáciji) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Ukrainian: ЗМІ (ZMI) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Ukrainian: мас-ме́діа (mas-média) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Urdu: اِبْلاغِ عامَّہ (iblāġ-i 'āmma) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Uyghur: ئاخبارات ساھەسى (axbarat sahesi) — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Uzbek: ommaviy axborot vositalari — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Uzbek: OAV — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Vietnamese: phương tiện — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Welsh: cyfryngau torfol — public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Yiddish: מאַסן־מעדיע (masn-medye) — public communication that reaches a large audience