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text message

noun text messages

  1. A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones. 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."

    Similar: text

verb text messages · text messaging · text messaged

  1. intransitive, transitive To transmit a text message. I told him to text message you when he's finished.

    Similar: text, message, SMS

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noun a brief electronic message

Españolmensaje de texto, mensaje textual
한국어문자 메시지 munja mesiji, 문자 munja
日本語伝言 dengon, メール mēru, テキストメッセージ tekisuto messēji
中文短信 duǎnxìn
Kiswahiliujumbe mfupi
Portuguêsmensagem de texto, SMS
Françaistexto, SMS
DeutschTextnachricht, SMS
Русскийсообще́ние soobščénije, ме́сседж méssedž, эс-эм-э́с es-em-és, эсэмэ́ска esɛmɛ́ska
Tiếng Việttin nhắn văn bản, nhắn tin
العربيةرِسَالَة risāla, رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس risālat ʔes ʔem ʔes, مِيسِيج mīsij
עבריתמִסְרוֹן misrón

verb to transmit a text message — see also send, text, message

Españolmensajear textualmente
हिन्दीतेक्स्ट करने teksṭ karne
Deutschsimsen
Русскийэсэмэсить esɛmɛsitʹ

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@misc{text_message_2026,
  title = {text message},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/text%20message},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}