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text en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • tĕkst
  • /tɛkst/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to texture.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A book, tome or other set of writings.
  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
    • In the morning, you're vexed / He's on to the next / And you didn't even get no text 2004, Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, in Frank, performed by Amy Winehouse:
  5. (countable, uncountable) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
    • German text

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
texts Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

binary

Coordinates

plain text

Deriveds

Textgate · urtext · scrolltext · sexting · text simplification · text type · Teletext · textonym · textiquette · flavor text · cyphertext · textworthy · splash text · spintext · fext · undertext · textation · textmode · subtext · text door neighbour · textspeak · codetext · audiotext · textome · text retrieval · text tennis · taproot text · text painting · text wall · visual text · cleartext · fulltext · text-to-speech · meaning-text model · text creep · meaning-text theory · teletex · prooftext · textie · detext · Ur-text · text-type · wikitext · textology · flavour text · blue text · textlet · church text · textbook · countertext · cotext · microtext · text link · surtext · textshop · textbase · songtext · playtext · ur-text · Eurotext · text box · textaholic · pretext · textversation · text messaging · infotext · dystextia · sext · textmate · cybertext · drunk text · enriched text · wall of text · text hooker · textese · textboard · textual · sex-text · parallel text · text editor · clobber text · videotex · intexticated · texting · target text · mistext · bi-text · text file · predictive text · text adventure · petextrian · in-text · copytext · nontext · e-text · textphone · worktext · hypotext · alt text · context · here-text · hover text · source text · text-book · textism · text-based · ciphertext · intext · text neck · small text · heterotext · macrotext · textman · bitext · textbased · martext · rich text · text linguistics · textlike · timed text · text hook · textpost · textless · textable · textblock · texteme · stick to one's text · paratext · intertext · body text · texton · greentext · text message · green text · textident

Hyponyms

non-linear text · flat text · sacred text · dummy text · metatext · parallel text · alt text · glitch text · running text · religious text · double text · hypertext · holy text · plain text · body text · schizotext · plaintext

Synonyms

text hand · theme · topic

Translations (204)

sh štȋvo (a written passage) · sh те̏кст (a written passage) · lv teksts (a written passage) · fi kirjoitus (a written passage) · cy neges destun (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ja 記事 (a written passage) · th ข้อความสั้น (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · mn текст (a written passage) · mn сэдэв (a written passage) · cmn 簡訊 /简讯 (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · pl wiadomość (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · af teks (a book, tome or other set of writings) · my စာကိုယ် (a written passage) · pt mensagem (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · he טֶקסט (a book, tome or other set of writings) · cy testun (a written passage) · fr texte (a written passage) · ru текст (a written passage) · az mətn (a written passage) · ar رِسَالَة (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · sa पाठ (a written passage) · es texto (a written passage) · ja メッセージ (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · eo teksto (a book, tome or other set of writings) · lo ບົດຄວາມ (a written passage) · nb tekst (a written passage) · fr SMS (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · es texto (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · cs text (a written passage) · tk tekst (a written passage) · ka ტექსტური შეტყობინება (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · kk мәтін (a book, tome or other set of writings) · ko 텍스트 (a written passage) · ga téacs (a written passage) · de Text (a written passage) · pa ਪਾਠ (a written passage) · fi kirjoitus (a book, tome or other set of writings) · uk текст (a written passage) · sh tȅkst (a written passage) · ca missatge de text (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · he טֶקְסְט (a written passage) · ur ٹِکْسْٹ (a written passage) · yi טעקסט (a written passage) · fo SMS-boð (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · nan-hbl 課文 /课文 (a written passage) · el μήνυμα (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · fa نوشتار (a book, tome or other set of writings) · sk text (a written passage) · io texto (a written passage) · sw nakala (a written passage) · fa-ira مَتْن (a written passage) · ka შეტყობინება (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · bo མདོ (a written passage) · ru эс-эм-э́с (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · prs نَوِشْتَه (a written passage) · ms teks (a written passage) · nap tiestu (a book, tome or other set of writings) · ru СМС (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ko 본문 (a written passage) · af teks (a written passage) · la textus (a written passage) · pl tekst (a written passage) · pt torpedo (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · mk текст (a written passage) · got 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (a book, tome or other set of writings) · grc γραφή (a written passage) · pt texto (a book, tome or other set of writings) · mi karere kuputuhi (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ka ტექსტი (a written passage) · nl tekst (a book, tome or other set of writings) · tr metin (a written passage) · tl teksto (a written passage) · de Text (a book, tome or other set of writings) · mi kuputuhi (a written passage) · ga téacs (a book, tome or other set of writings) · cs SMS (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · bo དེབ (a book, tome or other set of writings) · la scrīptum (a written passage) · pl esemes (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · cmn 短信 (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ht tèks (a book, tome or other set of writings) · ru сообще́ние (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · gd teacsa (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · bg текст (a written passage) · fa کتاب (a book, tome or other set of writings) · ar رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · cs esemeska (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · th ตำรา (a book, tome or other set of writings) · he SMS (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · nn tekst (a written passage) · ar إِس إِم إِس (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ug تېكىست (a written passage) · km អត្ថបទ (a written passage) · hi टेक्स्ट (a written passage) · gd teacsa (a written passage) · sah тиэкис (a written passage) · hi पाठ (a written passage) · uz tekst (a written passage) · vo vödem (a written passage) · wa tecse (a written passage) · id teks (a book, tome or other set of writings) · eo teksto (a written passage) · got 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (a written passage) · et tekst (a written passage) · egy Y3-Y1V (a written passage) · ja 伝言 (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · gl texto (a written passage) · nl sms (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · bn পাঠ (a written passage) · it testo (a written passage) · el κείμενο (a written passage) · hu szöveg (a written passage) · es texto (a book, tome or other set of writings) · cs textovka (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · tg матн (a written passage) · ur مَتْن (a written passage) · it sms (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · la scriptum (a book, tome or other set of writings) · it messaggio (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · grc κείμενον (a written passage) · ka ესემესი (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · sv sms (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · sh шти̑во (a written passage) · ar مِيسِيج (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ur نَوِشْتَہ (a written passage) · it testo (a book, tome or other set of writings) · my စာသား (a written passage) · pt texto (a written passage) · dng кәвын (a written passage) · ca text (a book, tome or other set of writings) · kmr metin (a written passage) · da skrift (a written passage) · id teks (a written passage) · kk мәтін (a written passage) · ja 本文 (a written passage) · cop ⲙⲉⲧⲥⲁϫⲓ (a written passage) · af SMS (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · gd teacsa (a book, tome or other set of writings) · ja 短信 (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · be тэкст (a written passage) · pl sms (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · da sms (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ru текст (a book, tome or other set of writings) · da tekst (a written passage) · ca or simply missatge (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · bo འཕྲིན་ཐུང (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ka მესიჯი (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · is texti (a written passage) · yua tsʼíib (a written passage) · hy տեքստ (a written passage) · fi tekstiviesti (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · sq tekst (a written passage) · bn এসএমএস (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · tt текст (a written passage) · th ข้อความ (a written passage) · lt tekstas (a written passage) · ur ٹیکْسْٹ (a written passage) · ar مَتْن (a written passage) · bo ཡིག་གཞི (a written passage) · sl tekst (a written passage) · vi văn bản (a written passage) · ky текст (a written passage) · ar نَصّ (a written passage) · fr texte (a book, tome or other set of writings) · tl lamandiwa (a written passage) · bo ཡིག་དེབ (a book, tome or other set of writings) · ps نوشته (a written passage) · te పాఠము (a written passage) · ru эсэмэ́ска (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · km ខ្វាម (a written passage) · km គ្វាម (a written passage) · fr texto (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · fo tekstur (a written passage) · nl tekst (a written passage) · lo ຂໍ້ຄວາມ (a written passage) · uz matn (a written passage) · de SMS (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · cmn 課文 /课文 (a written passage) · lb Text (a written passage) · fi teksti (a written passage) · sl besedilo (a written passage) · ga teachtaireacht (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · kmr tekst (a written passage) · prs مَتْن (a written passage) · ga téacs (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ps متن (a written passage) · ja(a written passage) · roa-tar teste (a written passage) · sv text (a written passage) · ro text (a written passage) · gv teks (a written passage) · th ข้อความ (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · fa-ira نِوِشْتِه (a written passage) · ko 메시지 (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · ca text (a written passage) · tg навишта (a written passage) · vo vödanunil (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · yue 課文 /课文 (a written passage) · ml പാഠം (a written passage) · ja テキスト (a written passage) · mi karere ā-waea (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones) · wuu 課文 /课文 (a written passage) · fi teksti (a book, tome or other set of writings) · ko 소식 (a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones)

text en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • tĕkst
  • /tɛkst/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to texture.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) 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.
    • I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
    • Just text me when you get here.
  2. (intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
    • Have you been texting all afternoon?
  3. (dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
    • I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead 1607–21, Phillip Massinger, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Tragedy of Thierry and Theodoret, act 2, scene 1:
    • The basic plan is simple. For the first two phrases the texted line is above the untexted; for the next two, bring us to the midpoint cadence, the texted line is for the most part lower; and the in the second half the texted material starts lower, moves into the upper position and finally occupies the bottom range again. 2009, Lain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (Music), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page p. 223:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
texting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
texted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
texted Tense=Past lexicographic
texts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
text Tense=Past colloquial lexicographic
text Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part colloquial lexicographic

Deriveds

double text

Descendants

tecstio

Synonyms

message · SMS

Translations (34)

sv messa (to send a text message to) · pl SMS-ować (to send and receive SMSs) · nrf texter (to send a text message to) · ru смснуть (to send a text message to) · ga téacs a chur (to send a text message to) · fi tekstata (to write in majuscule) · es textear (to send and receive SMSs) · vi nhắn tin (to send a text message to) · cs písnout (to send a text message to) · pl pisać (to send a text message to) · tr yazmak (to send a text message to) · de simsen (to send a text message to) · ga téacsáil (to send and receive SMSs) · af SMS (to send a text message to) · bn এসএমএস করা (to send a text message to) · nl sms'en (to send a text message to) · ga téacs a sheoladh (to send a text message to) · sv sms:a (to send a text message to) · cy tecstio (to send a text message to) · fi tekstata (to send a text message to) · ga téacsáil (to send a text message to) · pl tekstować (to send and receive SMSs) · it messaggiare (to send and receive SMSs) · ca textar (to send a text message to) · ca enviar un missatge (to send a text message to) · ja メッセージを送る (to send a text message to) · tr mesaj atmak (to send a text message to) · pl esemesować (to send and receive SMSs) · es textear (to send a text message to) · mi patowaea (to send a text message to) · it messaggiare (to send a text message to) · fr textoter (to send a text message to) · fi tekstailla (to send and receive SMSs) · ca escriure (to send a text message to)