Meanings
plural text messages
- A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones.
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 102 more examples
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 GuardianA 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)Synonyms: text
present singular third person text messages · participle present text messaging · participle past text messaged · past text messaged
- intransitivetransitiveTo transmit a text message.
Please text message the directions to me.
1 more example
I told him to text message you when he's finished.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brief electronic message sent between mobile phones.
Translations
Afrikaans SMS, SMS-boodskap
- SMSa brief electronic message
- SMS-boodskapa brief electronic message
- selfoonboodskapa brief electronic message
- SMSto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Arabic رِسَالَة, رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس
- رِسَالَة (risāla)a brief electronic message
- رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس (risālat ʔes ʔem ʔes)a brief electronic message
- مِيسِيج (mīsij)a brief electronic message
Catalan missatge de text
- missatge de texta brief electronic message
Chinese Cantonese 短訊 /短讯
- 短訊 /短讯 (dyun² seon³)a brief electronic message
Chinese Mandarin 短信
- 短信 (duǎnxìn)a brief electronic message
Czech textovka, esemeska
- textovkaa brief electronic message
- esemeskaa brief electronic message
Danish sms, SMS
- smsa brief electronic message
- SMSa brief electronic message
- sms-beskeda brief electronic message
- SMS-beskeda brief electronic message
- sms'eto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
- SMS'eto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Dutch sms, sms-bericht
- smsa brief electronic message
- sms-berichta brief electronic message
- sms'ento transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Finnish tekstiviesti, tekstata
- tekstiviestia brief electronic message
- tekstatato transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
- tekstaillato transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
- lähettää tekstiviestito transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
- lähetellä tekstiviestejäto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
French texto, SMS
- textoa brief electronic message
- SMSa brief electronic message
German Textnachricht, SMS
- Textnachrichta brief electronic message
- SMSa brief electronic message
- simsento transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Hebrew מִסְרוֹן
- מִסְרוֹן (misrón)a brief electronic message
Hindi तेक्स्ट करने
- तेक्स्ट करने (teksṭ karne)to transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Hungarian SMS, information) elküld SMS-ben
- SMSa brief electronic message
- information) elküld SMS-bento transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
- person) SMS-t küldto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
- SMS-ezikto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Japanese 伝言, メール
- 伝言 (dengon)a brief electronic message
- メール (mēru)a brief electronic message
- テキストメッセージ (tekisuto messēji)a brief electronic message
Korean 문자 메시지, 문자
- 문자 메시지 (munja mesiji)a brief electronic message
- 문자 (munja)a brief electronic message
Māori karere-ā-waea, karere kuputuhi
- karere-ā-waeaa brief electronic message
- karere kuputuhia brief electronic message
- kuputuhia brief electronic message
Norwegian Bokmål tekstmelding
- tekstmeldinga brief electronic message
Persian پیامک
- پیامک (payâmak)a brief electronic message
Polish esemes, SMS
- esemesa brief electronic message
- SMSa brief electronic message
- esemesowaćto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Portuguese mensagem de texto, SMS
- mensagem de textoa brief electronic message
- SMSa brief electronic message
Russian сообще́ние, ме́сседж
- сообще́ние (soobščénije)a brief electronic message
- ме́сседж (méssedž)a brief electronic message
- эс-эм-э́с (es-em-és)a brief electronic message
- эсэмэ́ска (esɛmɛ́ska)a brief electronic message
- эсэмэсить (esɛmɛsitʹ)to transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Spanish mensaje de texto, mensaje textual
- mensaje de textoa brief electronic message
- mensaje textuala brief electronic message
- mensajear textualmenteto transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Swahili ujumbe mfupi
- ujumbe mfupia brief electronic message
Swedish sms, mess
- smsa brief electronic message
- messa brief electronic message
- textmeddelandea brief electronic message
- sms:ato transmit a text message — see also send, text, message
Vietnamese tin nhắn văn bản, nhắn tin
- tin nhắn văn bảna brief electronic message
- nhắn tina brief electronic message
Cite this entry
text message. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20message
“text message.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20message. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “text message,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20message.
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