SMS

See also: sms

English

Wikipedia

Initialism

SMS

1. Short Message Service, a service for sending text messages on a cellular telephone system.
2. (video games) Sega Master System.
3. (numismatics) special mint set
4. (psychology) short man syndrome
5. (military, nautical) SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German

Noun

SMS (plural SMSes)

1. A text message sent on a cell phone.

Translations

a text message sent on a cell phone

• Afrikaans: SMS
• Arabic: رسالة f (risaala), رسالة إس إم إس f (risaalat 'es 'em 'es), إس إم إس m ('es 'em 'es), (colloquial) ميسيج m (miisij)

  Morocco: ميساج (mīsāž)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短信 (zh) (duǎnxìn), SMS (zh) (es-em-es)

• Finnish: tekstiviesti (fi)
• French: SMS (fr) m, texto (fr) m
• German: SMS (de) f, n, SMS-Nachricht f, Textnachricht f

• Hebrew: סמס (he)
• Japanese: 伝言 (ja) (でんごん, dengon), エス・エム・エス (esu-emu-esu), ＳＭＳ (esu-emu-esu)
• Polish: SMS (pl) m, esemes (pl) m
• Portuguese: mensagem de texto, SMS (pt)
• Russian: SMS (ru) m (SMS), эс-эм-эс m (es-em-és), (colloquial) эсэмэска (ru) f (eseméska), сообщение (ru) n (soobščénije), (slang) месседж m (méssedž) , СМС m (SMS)
• Swedish: sms (sv)
• Turkish: SMS (tr), mesaj (tr), kısa mesaj

Verb

SMS (third-person singular simple present SMSes, present participle SMSing, simple past and past participle SMSed)

1. To send a message on a cell phone.

   I SMSed him and asked why he is late.

   I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.

Synonyms

• text

Translations

to send a message on a cell phone

• Afrikaans: SMS
• Dutch: sms'en (nl)
• Finnish: lähettää tekstiviesti

• Hebrew: סימס (he) (simés)
• Polish: esemesować

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of textspeak

Anagrams

• MSS., Mss, Mss., SSM

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Initialism

SMS

1. SMS

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French

Initialism

SMS

1. SMS

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛsʔɛmˈʔɛs/, /ˌɛsɛˈmɛs/

Etymology 1

Noun

SMS f (genitive SMS, plural SMS or SMSen)

1. SMS (text message)

Usage notes

The noun is usually of neuter gender in Switzerland and Austria, but feminine gender elsewhere.

Etymology 2

Initialism

SMS

1. (nautical, military) SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff (His Majesty's Ship)

Usage notes

Used for naval ships of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Second Reich of Imperial Germany, for the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine and Kaiserliche Marine, respectively.

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Japanese

Pronunciation

えす・えむ・えす (エス・エム・エス, esu-emu-esu)

Abbreviation

SMS (ＳＭＳ)

1. SMS

Alternative forms

• エス・エム・エス

Synonyms

• 伝言

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Portuguese

Noun

SMS m (plural SMS)

1. SMS (a text message sent on a cell phone)

Synonyms

• mensagem de texto