Meanings
nounmass media pl (normally plural, singular mass medium)
singular mass medium
- pluralplural normallyCollectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people.
Translations
Afrikaans massamedia
- massamediapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Arabic وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام, وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام الْجَمَاهِيرِيَّة
- وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām)public communication that reaches a large audience
- وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام الْجَمَاهِيرِيَّة (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām al-jamāhīriyya)public communication that reaches a large audience
- وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام الْعَامَّة (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām al-ʕāmma)public communication that reaches a large audience
Bengali গণমাধ্যম
- গণমাধ্যম (gonomaddhom)public communication that reaches a large audience
Bulgarian сре́дства за ма́сова информа́ция, масме́дия
- сре́дства за ма́сова информа́ция (srédstva za másova informácija)public communication that reaches a large audience
- масме́дия (masmédija)public communication that reaches a large audience
Catalan mitjans de comunicació de masses
- mitjans de comunicació de massespublic communication that reaches a large audience
Chinese Cantonese 大眾傳媒 /大衆傳媒 /大众传媒, 大眾媒體 /大衆媒體 /大众媒体
- 大眾傳媒 /大衆傳媒 /大众传媒 (daai⁶ zung³ cyun⁴ mui⁴)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 大眾媒體 /大衆媒體 /大众媒体 (daai⁶ zung³ mui⁴ tai²)public communication that reaches a large audience
Chinese Mandarin 大眾傳播媒介 /大众传播媒介, 宣傳工具 /宣传工具
- 大眾傳播媒介 /大众传播媒介 (dàzhòng chuánbō méijiè)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 宣傳工具 /宣传工具 (xuānchuán gōngjù)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 媒體 /媒体 (méitǐ)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 新聞界 /新闻界 (xīnwénjiè)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 傳播媒介 /传播媒介 (chuánbō méijiè)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 大眾媒體 /大衆媒體 /大众媒体 (dàzhòng méitǐ)public communication that reaches a large audience
Czech masmédia, hromadné sdělovací prostředky
- masmédiapublic communication that reaches a large audience
- hromadné sdělovací prostředkypublic communication that reaches a large audience
- masová médiapublic communication that reaches a large audience
- médiapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Danish massemedier
- massemedierpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Dutch massamedia
- massamediapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Esperanto amaskomunikilo, amasinformilo
- amaskomunikilopublic communication that reaches a large audience
- amasinformilopublic communication that reaches a large audience
Estonian massimeedia
- massimeediapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Finnish joukkotiedotusvälineet, joukkotiedotus
- joukkotiedotusvälineetpublic communication that reaches a large audience
- joukkotiedotuspublic communication that reaches a large audience
- joukkoviestinpublic communication that reaches a large audience
- joukkoviestimetpublic communication that reaches a large audience
French mass-médias, médias de masse
- mass-médiaspublic communication that reaches a large audience
- médias de massepublic communication that reaches a large audience
German Massenmedien
- Massenmedienpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Greek μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης, ΜΜΕ
- μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης (mésa mazikís enimérosis)public communication that reaches a large audience
- ΜΜΕ (MME)public communication that reaches a large audience
Hebrew תִּקְשֹׁרֶת הֲמוֹנִים, תקשורת המונים
- תִּקְשֹׁרֶת הֲמוֹנִיםpublic communication that reaches a large audience
- תקשורת המונים (tikshoret hamonim)public communication that reaches a large audience
Hindi मास मीडिया, संचार माध्यम
- मास मीडिया (mās mīḍiyā)public communication that reaches a large audience
- संचार माध्यम (sañcār mādhyam)public communication that reaches a large audience
Hungarian tömegmédia
- tömegmédiapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Icelandic fjölmiðill
- fjölmiðillpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Indonesian media massa
- media massapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Italian mezzi di comunicazione
- mezzi di comunicazionepublic communication that reaches a large audience
Japanese マスメディア, マスコミ
- マスメディア (masumedia)public communication that reaches a large audience
- マスコミ (masukomi)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 大衆媒体 (taishū baitai)public communication that reaches a large audience
Korean 대중매체, 매스 미디어
- 대중매체 (daejungmaeche)public communication that reaches a large audience
- 매스 미디어 (maeseu midieo)public communication that reaches a large audience
Latin media publica
- media publicapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Latvian plašsaziņas līdzekļi, masu saziņas līdzekļi
- plašsaziņas līdzekļipublic communication that reaches a large audience
- masu saziņas līdzekļipublic communication that reaches a large audience
Lithuanian žiniasklaida
- žiniasklaidapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Malay media massa
- media massapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Norwegian Bokmål massemedier
- massemedierpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Polish mass media, środki masowego przekazu
- mass mediapublic communication that reaches a large audience
- środki masowego przekazupublic communication that reaches a large audience
Portuguese meios de comunicação
- meios de comunicaçãopublic communication that reaches a large audience
Romanian mass-media
- mass-mediapublic communication that reaches a large audience
Russian сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции, СМИ
- сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции (srédstva mássovoj informácii)public communication that reaches a large audience
- СМИ (SMI)public communication that reaches a large audience
- масс-ме́диа (mass-média)public communication that reaches a large audience
Slovak masmédium, médium
- masmédiumpublic communication that reaches a large audience
- médiumpublic communication that reaches a large audience
- masové médiumpublic communication that reaches a large audience
- masmédiápublic communication that reaches a large audience
Spanish medios de comunicación de masas, medios comunicacionales masivos
- medios de comunicación de masaspublic communication that reaches a large audience
- medios comunicacionales masivospublic communication that reaches a large audience
- medios masivos comunicativospublic communication that reaches a large audience
Swedish massmedier
- massmedierpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Tagalog midyang panlahat
- midyang panlahatpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Tamil மக்கள் ஊடகம்
- மக்கள் ஊடகம் (makkaḷ ūṭakam)public communication that reaches a large audience
Thai สื่อมวลชน
- สื่อมวลชน (sʉ̀ʉ-muuan-chon)public communication that reaches a large audience
Turkish basın-yayın
- basın-yayınpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Ukrainian за́соби ма́сової інформа́ції, ЗМІ
- за́соби ма́сової інформа́ції (zásoby másovoji informáciji)public communication that reaches a large audience
- ЗМІ (ZMI)public communication that reaches a large audience
- мас-ме́діа (mas-média)public communication that reaches a large audience
Urdu اِبْلاغِ عامَّہ
- اِبْلاغِ عامَّہ (iblāġ-i 'āmma)public communication that reaches a large audience
Vietnamese phương tiện
- phương tiệnpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Welsh cyfryngau torfol
- cyfryngau torfolpublic communication that reaches a large audience
Yiddish מאַסן־מעדיע
- מאַסן־מעדיע (masn-medye)public communication that reaches a large audience
Cite this entry
APA
mass media. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20media
MLA
“mass media.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20media. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mass media,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20media.
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