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Plural of medium

irregular plural

The plural of medium is media or mediums.

Forms of medium

Singularmedium /ˈmiː.di.əm/
Pluralmedia /ˈmiː.di.ə/
mediums
Countablecountable

Plural of medium by meaning

  1. the material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a...: media or mediums
  2. one of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large...: mediums

Media and mediums in a sentence

  • Such media are called differential media (e.g., eosin methylene blue or MacConkey agar) and are commonly used to isolate enteric bacilli.1996, Samuel Baron, editor, Medical Microbiology
  • Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.
  • He was included in a feature that was written by the EspnCricinfo department on the media.From the entry feature
  • The president’s comments have drawn strong criticism from right-wing media outlets.From the entry draw
  • She's scrubbing her social media accounts before the background check begins.From the entry scrub

Meaning of medium

  1. noun The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
  2. noun The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
  3. noun A format for communicating or presenting information.

Full definition of medium

Nouns ending in -um: plural -a

Questions about the plural of medium

What is the plural of medium?
The plural of medium is media or mediums.
Which is correct, media or mediums?
Both are used. media is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is medium countable?
Medium is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: medium (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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