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masculine

/me.dja/

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Translation

media outlet; the media

Word origin

Borrowed from English media, itself the Latin plural of medium ('the middle, a means'). French then treated it as a singular noun and built a new plural, médias.

Origin: Latin
Root: medium
English cognates: media, medium

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralmédias

Examples

tous .

The media are all talking about the same case.

aux ' .

This outlet is in the hands of a foreign group.

She has worked in the media for ten years.

l'.

The big outlets ignored the whole story.

A serious outlet always checks its sources.

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This word is part of lesson 42.