Meanings
plural private messages
- InternetA 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 TimesSynonyms: PM, direct message, personal message, whisper
present singular third person private messages · participle present private messaging · participle past private messaged · past private messaged
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
verbTo send a private message.
Translations
Afrikaans privaatboodskap
- privaatboodskapcommunication to an individual social media user
Arabic رِسَالَة خَاصَّة
- رِسَالَة خَاصَّة (risāla ḵāṣṣa)communication to an individual social media user
Bulgarian ли́чно съобще́ние
- ли́чно съобще́ние (líčno săobšténie)communication to an individual social media user
Chinese Cantonese 私信, 私訊 /私讯
- 私信 (si¹ seon³)communication to an individual social media user
- 私訊 /私讯 (si¹ seon³)communication to an individual social media user
- 私信 (si¹ seon³)to send a private message
- 私訊 /私讯 (si¹ seon³)to send a private message
Chinese Mandarin 私信, 私訊 /私讯
- 私信 (sīxìn)communication to an individual social media user
- 私訊 /私讯 (sīxùn)communication to an individual social media user
- 私信 (sīxìn)to send a private message
- 私訊 /私讯 (sīxùn)to send a private message
Czech soukromá zpráva
- soukromá zprávacommunication to an individual social media user
Finnish yksityisviesti, yksityisviesti
- yksityisviesticommunication to an individual social media user
- yksityisviestito send a private message
French message privé
- message privécommunication to an individual social media user
German private Nachricht
- private Nachrichtcommunication to an individual social media user
Hungarian privát üzenet, privi
- privát üzenetcommunication to an individual social media user
- privicommunication to an individual social media user
Japanese プライベート・メッセージ, パーソナル・メッセージ
- プライベート・メッセージ (puraibēto-messēji)communication to an individual social media user
- パーソナル・メッセージ (pāsonaru-messēji)communication to an individual social media user
- ダイレクト・メッセージ (dairekuto-messēji)communication to an individual social media user
Korean 개인 메시지, 다이렉트 메시지
- 개인 메시지 (gaein mesiji)communication to an individual social media user
- 다이렉트 메시지 (dairekteu mesiji)communication to an individual social media user
Polish wiadomość prywatna, priv
- wiadomość prywatnacommunication to an individual social media user
- privcommunication to an individual social media user
- przesyłać wiadomość prywatnąto send a private message
- przesłać wiadomość prywatnąto send a private message
Portuguese mensagem privada
- mensagem privadacommunication to an individual social media user
Russian ли́чное сообще́ние, ЛС
- ли́чное сообще́ние (líčnoje soobščénije)communication to an individual social media user
- ЛС (LS)communication to an individual social media user
Slovak súkromná správa
- súkromná správacommunication to an individual social media user
Spanish mensaje privado
- mensaje privadocommunication to an individual social media user
Swedish privatmeddelande
- privatmeddelandecommunication to an individual social media user
Thai หลังไมค์, หลังไมค์
- หลังไมค์ (lǎng-mai)communication to an individual social media user
- หลังไมค์ (lǎng-mai)to send a private message
Ukrainian прива́тне повідо́млення
- прива́тне повідо́млення (pryvátne povidómlennja)communication to an individual social media user
Cite this entry
private message. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/private%20message
“private message.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/private%20message. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “private message,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/private%20message.
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