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English

Alternative forms

• John

Etymology

From the male given name John (q.v.), whose ubiquity led to extensive use of the name in generic contexts. Its use for toilets derive from John and Cousin John, which both probably relate to jacques and jakes, used in equivalent senses by the British and Irish.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??n/

Noun

john (plural johns)

1. (slang) A prostitute's client.
   • 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 233

     In the first part of the video, Thad sucks the john's cock and takes a load in his mouth.

   • 2013, McLachlin CJ, Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford (2013 SCC 72), para. 62

     In-calls, where the john comes to the prostitute’s residence, are prohibited.

2. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
3. (slang) A Western man traveling in East Asia.
4. A male mule.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): See Thesaurus:prostitute's client
• (device or place for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

• johnny house
• port-o-john

Translations

References

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• giehn, gohn (Moselle Franconian)
• jonn (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German g?n, from Proto-Germanic *g?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??n/

Verb

john (third-person singular present jeht, past tense jeng, past participle jejange)

1. (Ripuarian) to go

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin media, nominal use of the feminine of medius (“middle”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: m?'di?, me'di?, IPA^(key): /?mi?d??/, /?m?d??/
• (US) enPR: m?'d??, IPA^(key): /?mi?di.?/
• Rhymes: -i?di?

Noun

media (plural mediae)

1. (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
2. (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.

   Antonym: tenuis

3. (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
4. (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with medium.

Synonyms

• (vein of insect wing): M

Derived terms

• tunica media
• medial

Etymology 2

Plural of medium, shortened form of communications media, reinterpreted as singular or mass noun; from Latin medium (plural media), nominal use of the neuter of medius (“middle”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: m?'di?, IPA^(key): /?mi?d??/
• (US) enPR: m?'d??, IPA^(key): /?mi?di.?/
• Rhymes: -i?di?

Noun

media

1. plural of medium

Noun

media (countable and uncountable, plural media or medias)

1. (often treated as uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.

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

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

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

     […] 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.

3. (usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.

Usage notes

• Uncountable use of media is proscribed.^{[by whom?][citation needed]}

Derived terms

Translations

References

• media at OneLook Dictionary Search
• media in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "media" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 203.
• media in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Maedi, aimed, amide, maide

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

media

1. Plural form of medium

Esperanto

Etymology

From medio +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?dia/
• Hyphenation: me?di?a
• Rhymes: -ia

Adjective

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

1. environmental

Finnish

Etymology

From English media.

Noun

media

1. media

Declension

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medias)

1. average

Related terms

• medio

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?media?]
• Hyphenation: mé?dia

Noun

media or média

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

Alternative forms

• medium

Derived terms

Further reading

• “media” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Adjective

media

1. feminine singular of medio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medie)

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

Noun

media m (invariable)

1. media

   Synonym: mass media

Verb

media

1. third-person singular present of mediare
2. second-person singular imperative of mediare

Related terms

• in media
• mediale
• mediano

Anagrams

• madie

Latin

Adjective

media

1. nominative feminine singular of medius
2. nominative neuter plural of medius
3. accusative neuter plural of medius
4. vocative feminine singular of medius
5. vocative neuter plural of medius

Adjective

medi?

1. ablative feminine singular of medius

References

• media in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

media

1. media

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mediene

Noun

media n

1. definite plural of medium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

media n

1. definite plural of medium

Polish

Etymology

From English (mass) media.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d.ja/

Noun

media nvir

1. plural of medium
2. media (means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) medialny

Related terms

• (noun) medialno??
• (adverb) medialnie

Further reading

• media in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• media in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English media, mass media.

Noun

media m pl (plural only)

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

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (mass media): mídia (Brazil)

Etymology 2

Verb

media

1. first-person singular imperfect of medir
2. third-person singular imperfect of medir

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin medi?re, present active infinitive of medi?, from Latin medius.

Verb

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

1. to mediate
2. to intercede, interpose

Conjugation

Related terms

• mediator

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?medja/, [?me.ð?ja]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin media.

Noun

media f (plural medias)

1. stocking
2. (Latin America, Philippines) sock (in general)

   Synonym: calcetín

3. (usually in the plural) pantyhose (North America), tights (UK)

   Synonyms: panti, pantimedia

4. (mathematics) mean, average

5. half an hour

6. sharecrop

Usage notes

media can be used for "sock" in most Latin American countries except Mexico (although regional exceptions in Mexico might apply).When in Latin America if you want to distinguish between "stocking" and "sock", you can use calceta for "stocking" or calcetín for "sock".

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

media f sg

1. feminine singular of medio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

media

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mediar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mediar.

Further reading

• “media” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

media

1. indefinite plural of medium
2. definite plural of medium

Usage notes

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