message

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English

Alternative forms

• msg

Etymology

From Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒ/, (Indic) /meˈseːd͡ʒ/
• Hyphenation: mes‧sage
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪdʒ

Noun

message (plural messages)

1. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
2. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
3. (UK, Ireland, chiefly in the plural) An errand.
4. (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) See messages (“groceries, shopping”).

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: mesej
• → Egyptian Arabic: ماسدچ (māsidž, “text message”)
• → Gulf Arabic: مسج (məsij, “text message”)
• → German: Message
• → Japanese: メッセージ (messēji)
• → Korean: 메시지 (mesiji)
• → Malay: mesej
• → Russian: ме́сседж (mɛ́ssɛdž)

Translations

References

• message on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

message (third-person singular simple present messages, present participle messaging, simple past and past participle messaged)

1. To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.

2. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.

3. (intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.

4. (obsolete) To bear as a message.

Synonyms

• (send a text message to): text

Translations

See also

• instant message
• instant messaging
• messenger
• mission

Anagrams

• megasse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.saʒ/ ~ /me.saʒ/

Noun

message m (plural messages)

1. message

Derived terms

• messager
• messagerie

Related terms

• mettre

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: mesaj
• → Albanian: mesazh
• → Moroccan Arabic: ميساج (mesaž)
• → Romanian: mesaj
• → Turkish: mesaj
  • → Azerbaijani: mesaj

Further reading

• “message”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French message.

Noun

message (plural messages)

1. message

Derived terms

• messagero
• messageria

Norman

Noun

message m (plural messages)

1. Alternative form of m'sage

Old French

Alternative forms

• mesage, messaige

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈsad͡ʒə/

Noun

message oblique singular, m (oblique plural messages, nominative singular messages, nominative plural message)

1. message (form of communication)
2. messenger

Derived terms

• messagier

Related terms

• metre

Descendants

• Middle French: message
  • French: message
    • Haitian Creole: mesaj
    • → Albanian: mesazh
    • → Moroccan Arabic: ميساج (mesaž)
    • → Romanian: mesaj
    • → Turkish: mesaj
      • → Azerbaijani: mesaj
• Walloon: messaedje
• Norman: m'sage, message

Borrowings:

Scots

Etymology

Old French message, see above.

Noun

message (plural messages)

1. message
2. (in the plural) purchases, shopping

   go the messages - do one's shopping