message

English

Wikipedia

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) 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. Finnish: viesti (fi) French: message (fr) m. German: Nachricht (de) f., Botschaft (de) f. Greek: μήνυμα (el) (mýnima) n. Ancient: ἀγγελία (angelia) f. Haitian Creole: mesaj Hindi: संदेश (hi) (sandeś) m., मेसेज (hi) (mesej) m. Hungarian: üzenet (hu) Ido: mesajo (io) 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)

Kazakh: хат (kk) (xat) Korean: 소식 (ko) (sosik) (消息 (ko)) Kurdish: نامه‌ Latin: nuntius (la) m. Macedonian: порака (mk) (póraka) f. Maltese: messaġġ (mt) m., messaġġi (mt) m. pl. Norwegian: melding (no) m. Persian: پیغام (fa) (peyğâm) 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. Serbian: poruka (sr) f., poslanica (sr) f. Slovene: sporočilo (sl) n. Spanish: mensaje (es) m. Swedish: meddelande (sv) n. 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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Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

• mesage

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

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French

Etymology

Old French message, see above.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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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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
• 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