message

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/
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• General-American: /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/
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• General-American: /ˈmɛs.ədʒ/ weak vowel merger
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmes.ədʒ/
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• India, North: /mɛː.seːdʒ/
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• India, South: /me.seːdʒ/
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• rhymes with -ɛsɪdʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: M EH1 S AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: M EH1 S IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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).

248 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: boodskap — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Akkadian: šiprum — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Albanian: mesazh — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Albanian: lajm — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Western Apache: yatʼihitʼą — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: رِسَالَة (risāla) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: خَبَر (ḵabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: مَسِچ (mased͡ʒ) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: رسالة — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: مسج (məsij) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: رِسالة (risāla) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: رسالة (rsāla) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: ميساج (misāj) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: مسج (masej) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Arabic: رسالة (risāle) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܓܲܪܬܵܐ (ʾigārta) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Armenian: հաղորդագրություն (haġordagrutʻyun) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Armenian: հաղորդում (haġordum) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Assamese: বাতৰি (batori) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Asturian: mensaxe — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Aukan: bosikopu — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Azerbaijani: xəbər — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Azerbaijani: məlumat — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Azerbaijani: mesaj — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Azerbaijani: ismarıc — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Basque: mezu — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Belarusian: паведамле́нне (pavjedamljénnje) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Belarusian: паведамле́ньне (pavjedamljénʹnje) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Bengali: বার্তা (barta) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Bulgarian: съобще́ние (sǎobšténie) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Burmese: အမှာ (a.hma) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Catalan: missatge — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Catalan: notícia — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese Cantonese: 訊息 /讯息 (seon3 sik1) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese Cantonese: 信息 (seon3 sik1) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese: 信息 (zh-min-nan) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese: 訊息 /讯息 (zh-min-nan) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 信息 (xìnxī) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 訊息 /讯息 (xùnxī) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 音信 (yīnxìn) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 短信 (duǎnxìn) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳言 /传言 (chuányán) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Chuukese: poraus — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Maore Comorian: haɓari — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Czech: zpráva — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Czech: vzkaz — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Danish: budskab — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Danish: besked — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Danish: bud — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dutch: bericht — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dutch: boodschap — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Egyptian: wp:p-W:t-Z9-A2 (wpwt) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Esperanto: mesaĝo — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Estonian: sõnum — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Finnish: viesti — communication, concept or information conveyed
• French: message — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Galician: mensaxe — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Georgian: გზავნილი (gzavnili) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Georgian: შეტყობინება (šeṭq̇obineba) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Georgian: ცნობა (cnoba) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Georgian: უწყება (uc̣q̇eba) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• German: Nachricht — communication, concept or information conveyed
• German: Botschaft — communication, concept or information conveyed
• German: Mitteilung — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hauseins) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Greek: μήνυμα (mínyma) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Ancient Greek: ἀγγελία (angelía) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Gujarati: સંદેશ (sandeś) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Gujarati: સંદેશો (sandeśo) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hamer-Banna: aapó — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hebrew: הוֹדָעָה (hoda'á) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hindi: संदेश (sandeś) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hindi: सन्देश (sandeś) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hindi: सूचना (sūcnā) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hindi: समाचार (samācār) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hindi: ख़बर (xabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hindi: पैग़ाम (paiġām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hindi: मैसेज (maisej) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Hungarian: üzenet — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Icelandic: skilaboð — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Ido: mesajo — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Indonesian: pesan — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Ingrian: veesti — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Ingrian: sana — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Irish: teachtaireacht — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Italian: messaggio — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Japanese: 伝言 (dengon) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Japanese: 連絡 (renraku) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Japanese: 通知 (tsuuchi) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Japanese: メッセージ (messēji) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Japanese: 短信 (tanshin) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kashmiri: شیٚچھ (śech) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kashmiri: پٲغام (pạ̄ġām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kashmiri: خَبَر (khabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kazakh: хабар (xabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kazakh: хабарлама (xabarlama) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kazakh: ақпарат (aqparat) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Khmer: ចុតហ្មាយ (cotmaay) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Khmer: បណ្ដាំ (bɑɑbɑndam) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Khmer: បរិកម្ម (bɑɑrekam) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Khmer: ប្រសាសន៍ (prɑɑsaah) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Khmer: សារ (saa) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Korean: 소식 (sosik) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Korean: 메시지 (mesiji) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Korean: 전언 (jeoneon) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Northern Kurdish: peyam — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Northern Kurdish: mesaj — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kyrgyz: билдирүү (bildirüü) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kyrgyz: кабарлоо (kabarloo) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kyrgyz: кабар (kabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Lao: ຂໍ້ຄວາມ (khǭ kwām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Latin: nūntius — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Latin: nūntium — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Latvian: ziņa — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Lithuanian: pranešimas — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Lombard: messagg — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Luganda: obubaka — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Macedonian: по́рака (póraka) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Malay: mesej — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Malay: pesanan — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Malayalam: സന്ദേശം (sandēśaṁ) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Northern Mansi: ля̄ххал (lâ̄hhal) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Marathi: निरोप (nirop) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Marathi: संदेश (sandeś) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Middle English: sonde — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Mi'kmaq: agnutmaqan — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Mongolian: мэдээ (medee) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Mongolian: захиа (zaxia) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Nepali: सन्देश (sandeś) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Norwegian Bokmål: budskap — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Norwegian Bokmål: melding — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bodskap — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: melding — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Occitan: messatge — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Old English: ǣrende — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Oromo: ergaa — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Pashto: پيام (payām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Pashto: پيغام (payǧām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Pashto: رساله (resāla) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dari: پَیغَام (payġām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dari: پَیَام (payām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dari: رِسَالَه (risāla) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dari: خَبَر (xabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dari: اَخْبَار (axbār) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Dari: اِبْلَاغ (iblāġ) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Iranian Persian: پِیغام (peyġâm) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Iranian Persian: پَیام (payâm) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Iranian Persian: رِسالِه (resâle) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Iranian Persian: خَبَر (xabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Iranian Persian: اَخْبار (axbâr) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Iranian Persian: اِبْلاغ (eblâġ) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Polish: wiadomość — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Polish: posłanie — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Polish: komunikat — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Portuguese: mensagem — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Punjabi: ਸੁਨੇਹਾ (sunehā) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Punjabi: ਪੈਗ਼ਾਮ (paiġām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Punjabi: ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ (sandeś) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Punjabi: ਸੰਦੇਸਾ (sandesā) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Punjabi: سُنیہا (sunehā) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Punjabi: پَیغام (paiġām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Romanian: mesaj — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Russian: сообще́ние (soobščénije) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Russian: ме́сседж (mɛ́ssɛdž) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Russian: СМС (SMS) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Russian: уведомле́ние (uvedomlénije) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Russian: посла́ние (poslánije) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Kildin-Sami: соа̄гк (såågk) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Skolt-Sami: saakk — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Scottish Gaelic: teachdaireachd — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏рука — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀сланица — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍruka — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Serbo-Croatian: pòslanica — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Slovak: správa — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Slovene: sporočilo — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Spanish: mensaje — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Spanish: recado — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Sranan Tongo: boskopu — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Swedish: meddelande — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Swedish: budskap — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Tagalog: kalatas — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Tajik: пайом (payom) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Tajik: рисола (risola) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Tajik: хабар (xabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Tajik: ахбор (axbor) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Tajik: иблоғ (ibloġ) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Thai: ข้อความ (kɔ̂ɔ-kwaam) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Tokelauan: fekau — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Turkish: ileti — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Turkish: mesaj — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Turkmen: habar — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Turkmen: maglumat — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎈𐎎 (tḥm) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Ukrainian: повідо́млення (povidómlennja) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Ukrainian: ме́седж (mésedž) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Urdu: رِسالَہ (risāla) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Urdu: پَیغام (paiġām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Urdu: پَیام (payām) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Urdu: خَبَر (xabar) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Urdu: اِبْلاغ (iblāġ) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Urdu: مَیسیج (maisej) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Uyghur: خەۋەر (xewer) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Uyghur: ئۇچۇر (uchur) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Uyghur: ئاخبارات (axbarat) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Uzbek: xabar — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Uzbek: axborot — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Uzbek: risola — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Vietnamese: tin nhắn — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Welsh: neges — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Xibe: ᠮᡝᠵᡳᡤᡝ (mejige) — communication, concept or information conveyed
• Armenian: ուղերձ (uġerj) — underlying theme
• Armenian: մեսիջ (mesiǰ) — underlying theme
• Bulgarian: посла́ние (poslánie) — underlying theme
• Dutch: boodschap — underlying theme
• Finnish: sanoma — underlying theme
• German: Botschaft — underlying theme
• Hebrew: מֶסֶר (méser) — underlying theme
• Hungarian: mondanivaló — underlying theme
• Icelandic: boðskapur — underlying theme
• Indonesian: amanat — underlying theme
• Italian: messaggio — underlying theme
• Italian: tema — underlying theme
• Malayalam: സന്ദേശം (sandēśaṁ) — underlying theme
• Marathi: तात्पर्य (tātparya) — underlying theme
• Polish: wydźwięk — underlying theme
• Polish: przekaz — underlying theme
• Portuguese: mensagem — underlying theme
• Portuguese: moral — underlying theme
• Russian: сообще́ние (soobščénije) — underlying theme
• Russian: те́ма (téma) — underlying theme
• Russian: посла́ние (poslánije) — underlying theme
• Russian: ме́сседж (mɛ́ssɛdž) — underlying theme
• Ukrainian: посла́ння (poslánnja) — underlying theme
• Ukrainian: ме́седж (mésedž) — underlying theme
• Chinese Cantonese: 發訊息 /发讯息 — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Chinese Cantonese: 派信息 — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Chinese Mandarin: 派訊息 /派讯息 — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳信息 /传信息 — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Dutch: appen — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• German: schreiben — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Portuguese: mandar uma mensagem — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Spanish: enviar un mensaje — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Spanish: mensajear — to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone
• Hungarian: (üzenetben/üzenetként) elküld — to send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging
• Spanish: mensajear — to send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging
• Spanish: mensajear — (intransitive) to send a message or messages