private message en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(Internet) A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom.
By then I was receiving dozens of private messages in the game every hour from players I had never met who could see that my guildmate and I were out front: “OMG how did you level so fast?,” “Hey you must have a lot of gold, can I have some?” and of course “You guys are huge nerds.”
2007 January 19, Seth Schiesel, “O Brave New World That Has Such Gamers in It”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| private messages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
PM · direct message · whisper · personal message
Translations (30)
ko 다이렉트 메시지 (communication to an individual social media user) · hu privi (communication to an individual social media user) · cmn 私訊 /私讯 (communication to an individual social media user) · de private Nachricht (communication to an individual social media user) · cs soukromá zpráva (communication to an individual social media user) · af privaatboodskap (communication to an individual social media user) · ar رِسَالَة خَاصَّة (communication to an individual social media user) · th หลังไมค์ (communication to an individual social media user) · yue 私信 (communication to an individual social media user) · ja パーソナル・メッセージ (communication to an individual social media user) · sv privatmeddelande (communication to an individual social media user) · uk прива́тне повідо́млення (communication to an individual social media user) · be прыва́тнае паведамле́нне (communication to an individual social media user) · ja プライベート・メッセージ (communication to an individual social media user) · cmn 私信 (communication to an individual social media user) · ru ЛС (communication to an individual social media user) · hu privát üzenet (communication to an individual social media user) · pl priv (communication to an individual social media user) · ko 개인 메시지 (communication to an individual social media user) · yue 私訊 /私讯 (communication to an individual social media user) · es mensaje privado (communication to an individual social media user) · fr message privé (communication to an individual social media user) · pt mensagem privada (communication to an individual social media user) · be прыва́тнае паведамле́ньне (communication to an individual social media user) · pl wiadomość prywatna (communication to an individual social media user) · sk súkromná správa (communication to an individual social media user) · ja ダイレクト・メッセージ (communication to an individual social media user) · fi yksityisviesti (communication to an individual social media user) · bg ли́чно съобще́ние (communication to an individual social media user) · ru ли́чное сообще́ние (communication to an individual social media user)