message

English

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Etymology

Old French, from Late Latin missaticum, from Latin mittere, missum (“to send”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

message (plural messages)

1. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
2. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
3. A text message
4. An instant message
5. An email

Usage notes

In Ireland, Scotland and Northern England, messages (plural) can mean "groceries, shopping".

Abbreviations

• msg

Translations

a concept conveyed

• Arabic: رسالة (ar) (risaala) f, (colloquial) ميسيج (ar) (miisij) m

  Morocco: ميساج (mīsāž)

• Asturian: mensaxe (ast) m
• Catalan: missatge (ca) m, notícia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信息 (cmn) (xìnxī), 訊息 (cmn), 讯息 (cmn) (xùnxī), 音信 (cmn) (yīnxìn), 短信 (cmn) (duǎnxìn), 傳言 (cmn), 传言 (cmn) (chuányán)

• Czech: zpráva (cs) f
• Danish: budskab (da)
• Dutch: bericht (nl) n, boodschap (nl) f
• Faroese: boð (fo) n pl
• Finnish: viesti (fi)
• French: message (fr) m
• Galician: mensaxe (gl) f
• German: Nachricht (de) f, Botschaft (de) f, Mitteilung (de) f
• Greek: μήνυμα (el) (mýnima) n

  Ancient: ἀγγελία (angelia) f

• Haitian Creole: mesaj
• Hindi: संदेश (hi) (sandeś) m, मेसेज (hi) (mesej) m, सूचना (hi), समाचार (hi)
• Hungarian: üzenet (hu)
• Ido: mesajo (io)
• Indonesian: pesan (id), amanat (id)
• Italian: messaggio (it) m
• Japanese: 伝言 (ja) (でんごん, dengon), メッセージ (ja) (messēji), 短信 (ja) (たんしん, tanshin)
• Javanese: pesen (jv)
• Jèrriais: m'sage m
• Kazakh: хат (kk) (xat)

• Korean: 소식 (ko) (sosik) (消息 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نامه‌

• Latgalian: zine f
• Latin: nuntius (la) m
• Latvian: ziņa (lv) f
• Lithuanian: žinia (lt) f
• Macedonian: порака (mk) (póraka) f
• Malay: mesej (ms), pesanan (ms)
• Maltese: messaġġ (mt) m, messaġġi (mt) m pl
• Norwegian: melding (no) m
• Occitan: messatge (oc) m
• Persian: پیغام (fa) (peyğâm), پیام (fa) (payâm)
• Polish: wiadomość (pl) f
• Portuguese: mensagem (pt) f
• Russian: сообщение (ru) (soobščénije) n, (slang) месседж (ru) (méssedž) m , СМС (ru) (SMS) m
• Sanskrit: संदेश (sa) (saṃdeśa) m
• Scottish Gaelic: fios (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: poruka (sh) f, poslanica (sh) f
• Slovak: správa (sk) f
• Slovene: sporočilo (sl) n
• Spanish: mensaje (es) m, recado (es) m
• Swedish: meddelande (sv) n
• Tamil: தகவல் (ta)
• Telugu: సందేశం (samdESam)
• Turkish: mesaj (tr), ileti (tr)
• Urdu: پیغام (ur) (peġām) m, مسیج (ur) (mesej) m

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• Danish: besked (da), bud (da) n
• German: Nachricht (de) f, Mitteilung (de) f

Verb

message (third-person singular simple present messages, present participle messaging, simple past and past participle messaged)

1. To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.

   Just message me for directions.

   I messaged her about the concert.

2. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.

   She messaged me the information yesterday.

   Please message the final report by fax.

3. (intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.

   We've implemented a new messaging service.

   The runaway computer program was messaging non-stop.

4. (obsolete) To bear as a message.

Synonyms

• (send a text message to): text

See also

• instant message
• instant messaging
• messenger
• mission

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French

Etymology

From Old French message.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /me.saʒ/, IPA: /mɛ.saʒ/

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Noun

message m (plural messages)

1. message

Derived terms

• messager
• messagerie

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Interlingua

Etymology

Old French message, see above.

Noun

message (plural messages)

1. message

Derived terms

• messagero
• messageria

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Jèrriais

Noun

message m (plural messages)

1. Alternative form of m'sage.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mesage
• messaige

Etymology

Late Latin missaticum, from Classical Latin missum, the supine of mittō

Noun

message m (oblique plural messages, nominative singular messages, nominative plural message)

1. message (form of communication)

Derived terms

• messagier

Descendants

English: message French: message

Jèrriais: m'sage Scots: message

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Scots

Etymology

Old French message, see above,

Noun

message (plural messages)

1. message
2. (in plural) purchases, shopping

   go the messages - do one's shopping