text message en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):After the kitten had died, Robins sent a text message to Knutton saying: "Remember the saying: 'What goes around comes around?' It has started already to bite you in the arse. The cat? Karma."
2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:Similarly, Fingilish usually refers to transliterated Farsi in chatrooms, text messages, and the like.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| text messages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
text messaging · sext · sex-text · texting
Synonyms
Translations (57)
ka SMS-შეტყობინება (a brief electronic message) · mi karere kuputuhi (a brief electronic message) · es mensaje de texto (a brief electronic message) · ka ტექსტური შეტყობინება (a brief electronic message) · hu SMS (a brief electronic message) · sv textmeddelande (a brief electronic message) · ka ესემესი (a brief electronic message) · cs esemeska (a brief electronic message) · pl SMS (a brief electronic message) · da sms-besked (a brief electronic message) · es mensaje textual (a brief electronic message) · he מִסְרוֹן (a brief electronic message) · ar رِسَالَة (a brief electronic message) · da sms (a brief electronic message) · af SMS (a brief electronic message) · ja 伝言 (a brief electronic message) · da SMS (a brief electronic message) · vo vödanunil (a brief electronic message) · vi nhắn tin (a brief electronic message) · de SMS (a brief electronic message) · fr texto (a brief electronic message) · ar رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس (a brief electronic message) · fr SMS (a brief electronic message) · fa پیامک (a brief electronic message) · nl sms (a brief electronic message) · pt SMS (a brief electronic message) · sv mess (a brief electronic message) · mi kuputuhi (a brief electronic message) · vi tin nhắn văn bản (a brief electronic message) · ru сообще́ние (a brief electronic message) · ka სმს-შეტყობინება (a brief electronic message) · ko 문자 (a brief electronic message) · mi karere-ā-waea (a brief electronic message) · ru ме́сседж (a brief electronic message) · sv sms (a brief electronic message) · ru эсэмэ́ска (a brief electronic message) · da SMS-besked (a brief electronic message) · cs textovka (a brief electronic message) · pt mensagem de texto (a brief electronic message) · yue 短訊 /短讯 (a brief electronic message) · af SMS-boodskap (a brief electronic message) · af selfoonboodskap (a brief electronic message) · sw ujumbe mfupi (a brief electronic message) · ar مِيسِيج (a brief electronic message) · ja テキストメッセージ (a brief electronic message) · ru эс-эм-э́с (a brief electronic message) · nb tekstmelding (a brief electronic message) · nl sms-bericht (a brief electronic message) · de Textnachricht (a brief electronic message) · ka ესემეს-შეტყობინება (a brief electronic message) · ca missatge de text (a brief electronic message) · cmn 短信 (a brief electronic message) · nn tekstmelding (a brief electronic message) · ja メール (a brief electronic message) · fi tekstiviesti (a brief electronic message) · pl esemes (a brief electronic message) · ko 문자 메시지 (a brief electronic message)