Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

media

/ˈmi.di.ə/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.30 in modern English

Syllables
me-dia
IPA
/ˈmi.di.ə/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voiced stop consonant.

Dated

noun

One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.

noun

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

noun

plural of medium (only in certain senses)

noun

The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *meðjos, *médʰyos, media, Μηδία, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmi.di.ə/
  • British English: /ˈmiː.di.ə/

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Questions

How do you pronounce media?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmi.di.ə/.
What does media mean?
The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
Where does media come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

How to pronounce media

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