teks

See also: tèks

Cebuano

Etymology

From English text message, text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: teks

Noun

teks

1. a text; a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message

Verb

teks

1. to text; to send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones
2. to send and receive text messages

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:teks.

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Malay

Noun

teks (Jawi spelling تيکس)

1. text

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Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish técs, técsa (“text; version; verse, citation”), from English text or from a Romance language, ultimately from Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”).

Noun

teks m (genitive singular teks, plural teksyn)

1. text

Derived terms

• co-hecks (“context”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “técs, técsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

teks m inan

1. tex (unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber)

Declension

Declension of teks

	singular	plural
nominative	teks	teksy
genitive	teksu	teksów
dative	teksowi	teksom
accusative	teks	teksy
instrumental	teksem	teksami
locative	teksie	teksach
vocative	teksie	teksy