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• /ˈmiːdɪə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.di.ə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.di.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈmi.di.ə/
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• South-Asia: /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
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• South-Asia: /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
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• rhymes with -iːdiə
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdiə/
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• General-American: /ˈmidi.ə/
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• CMU ARPABET: M IY1 D IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Shortening from multimedia, from multi- + media (“forms of communication”).

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).

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.

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”).

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَاه (māh) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Armenian: Մարաստան (Marastan) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Armenian: Մարաց աշխարհ (Maracʻ ašxarh) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Old Armenian: Մարաստան (Marastan) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Old Armenian: Մարաց աշխարհ (Maracʻ ašxarh) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Old Armenian: Մարք (Markʻ) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Bulgarian: Мидия (Midija) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Catalan: Mèdia — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Czech: Médie — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Danish: Medien — historical region in northwestern Iran
• French: Médie — historical region in northwestern Iran
• German: Medien — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Ancient Greek: Μηδία (Mēdía) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Ancient Greek: Μαδηνή (Madēnḗ) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Hebrew: מָדַי (madáy) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Irish: an Mhéide — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Latin: Mēdia — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Lithuanian: Medija — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Marathi: मेदिया (mediyā) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Navajo: Míídiya — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Parthian: 𐭌𐭀𐭃 — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Persian: ماد (mâd) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Persian: ماه (mâh) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Polish: Media — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Russian: Ми́дия (Mídija) — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Swedish: Medien — historical region in northwestern Iran
• Armenian: Մարաստան (Marastan) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Armenian: Մարաց աշխարհ (Maracʻ ašxarh) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Old Armenian: Մարաստան (Marastan) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Old Armenian: Մարաց աշխարհ (Maracʻ ašxarh) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Old Armenian: Մարք (Markʻ) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Bulgarian: Мидия (Midija) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Catalan: Mèdia — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Chinese Mandarin: 米底 — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• German: Medien — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Irish: an Mhéide — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Lithuanian: Medija — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Manchu: ᠮᡳᡩᡳᠶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (midiya gurun) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Marathi: मेदिया (mediyā) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Persian: ماد (mâd) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Persian: ماه (mâh) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Polish: Media — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Russian: Ми́дия (Mídija) — territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media
• Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Arabic: إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Belarusian: ме́дыя (mjédyja) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Belarusian: мэ́дыя (médyja) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Bulgarian: ме́дия (médija) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Burmese: မီဒီယာ (midiya) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Catalan: mitjans de comunicació — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Chinese Mandarin: 媒體 /媒体 (méitǐ) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Czech: média — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Danish: medier — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Dutch: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Esperanto: amaskomunikiloj — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Esperanto: mediato — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Estonian: meedia — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Finnish: tiedotusväline — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Finnish: viestin — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Finnish: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Galician: medios — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Greek: μέσα (mésa) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Hebrew: תקשורת — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Hebrew: תִּקְשֹׁרֶת (tikshorét) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Hindi: मीडिया (mīḍiyā) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Hungarian: média — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Icelandic: miðill — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Italian: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Italian: mass media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Korean: 언론 (eollon) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Korean: 미디어 (midieo) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Korean: 매체 (maeche) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Lao: ສື່ (sư̄) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Latvian: mediji — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Lithuanian: žiniasklaida — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Macedonian: меди́уми (medíumi) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Malay: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Malay: wahana — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Māori: pāpāho — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Māori: pāpāhotanga — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Māori: arapāho — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Māori: hungapāho — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Māori: rawatoi — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Norwegian Bokmål: medier — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Pashto: رسنۍ (rësënai) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Iranian Persian: رَسانِه (rasâne) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Iranian Persian: مِدِیا (mediyâ) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Polish: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Portuguese: mídia — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Portuguese: média — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Portuguese: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Romanian: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Russian: ме́диа (média) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Serbo-Croatian: медији — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Serbo-Croatian: mediji — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Slovak: médiá — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Slovene: mediji — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Spanish: medios — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Swedish: media — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Swedish: medier — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Thai: สื่อ (sʉ̀ʉ) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Turkish: medya — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Ukrainian: ме́діа (média) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Urdu: ذرائع ابلاغ (zarā'e iblāġ) — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Vietnamese: phương tiện truyền thông — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Vietnamese: truyền thông — means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information
• Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Arabic: إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Belarusian: СМІ (SMI) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Belarusian: ме́дыя (mjédyja) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Belarusian: мэ́дыя (médyja) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Belarusian: мас-ме́дыя (mas-mjédyja) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Belarusian: мас-мэ́дыя (mas-médyja) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Bulgarian: ме́дия (médija) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Bulgarian: масме́дия (masmédija) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Burmese: မီဒီယာ (midiya) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Chinese Mandarin: 媒體 /媒体 (méitǐ) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳媒 /传媒 (chuánméi) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Danish: medier — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Dutch: media — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Estonian: meedia — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Finnish: tiedotusvälineet — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Finnish: viestimet — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Finnish: media — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• French: médias — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• German: Medien — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Greek: μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης (mésa mazikís enimérosis) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Greenlandic: tusagassiorfik — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Hindi: संचार माध्यम (sañcār mādhyam) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Icelandic: miðill — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Japanese: メディア — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Japanese: 媒体 (baitai) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Korean: 언론 (eollon) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Korean: 미디어 (midieo) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Korean: 매체 (maeche) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Macedonian: меди́уми (medíumi) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Māori: hunga pāpāho — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Māori: ao pāpāho — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Norwegian Bokmål: media — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Pashto: رسنۍ (rësënai) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Iranian Persian: رَسانِه (rasâne) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Iranian Persian: مِدِیا (mediyâ) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Portuguese: mídia — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Portuguese: média — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Portuguese: media — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Russian: сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции (srédstva mássovoj informácii) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Russian: СМИ (SMI) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Russian: масс-ме́диа (mass-média) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Russian: ме́диа (média) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Spanish: medios de comunicación — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Swedish: press — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Swedish: media — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Turkish: medya — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Ukrainian: ЗМІ (ZMI) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Ukrainian: ме́діа (média) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Ukrainian: мас-ме́діа (mas-média) — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry
• Vietnamese: báo giới — the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry