# SMS
## English
### Alternative forms

* S.M.S., S. M. S.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛs

### Etymology 1

Abbreviation

#### Noun

SMS (countable and uncountable, plural SMSes)
* (uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages.
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** (countable) A text message sent using this system.
    Synonym: text
* (numismatics) Initialism of special mint set.
* Initialism of salesman sample.
* (psychology) Initialism of short man syndrome.
* (neurology) Initialism of stiff man syndrome.
    Synonym: SPS
* Abbreviation of safety management system: a system designed to identify and manage occupational safety and health risks.

##### Translations
#### Verb

SMS (third-person singular simple present SMSes, present participle SMSing, simple past and past participle SMSed)
* To send a message on a cell phone via short message service.
    I SMSed him and asked why he was late.
    I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.

##### Synonyms

* text

##### See also

* Appendix:Glossary of textspeak

#### Proper noun

SMS
* (video games) Initialism of Sega Master System.

### Etymology 2

From German SMS.

#### Noun

SMS (uncountable)
* (military, nautical, initialism) SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German;
    Coordinate terms: HM, HMS, HBMS, HSMS, HSwMS, HDMS, HDaMS, HNLMS, HNMS, HNoMS
    Coordinate terms: SM, Zr.Ms., Hr.Ms.
** A ship prefix for a ship in the navy of the Empire of Germany (usually for the period leading to WWI and WWI)
    Synonym: HIGMS

### Anagrams

* MSS, MSS., MSs, Mss, Mss., SSM, mss, mss.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

SMS
* Misspelling of sms.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ.sɛ.mɛs/ ~ /e.se.mɛs/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

SMS m (plural SMS)
* SMS, text, text message
    Synonym: (France) texto

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɛsʔɛmˈʔɛs/ (official standard)
* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˌɛsɛˈmɛs/, /-se-/, /-zɛ-/, /-ze-/ (common speech, for Etymology 1)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

SMS f or n (strong or mixed, genitive SMS, plural SMS or SMSen or SMSe)
* SMS (text message)

##### Usage notes

* The noun is almost exclusively feminine in northern Germany, central Germany, and Luxembourg. The neuter gender is predominant in the southern half of the language area, but the feminine is also heard.
* The unchanged plural SMS is generally used with the neuter gender. The form SMSe is rarer.
* With the feminine, the marked form SMSen is often needed to express the plural, but the unchanged form can be used when the plural is evident from the grammatical construction or the context.

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* S. M. S.

#### Noun

SMS
* (nautical, military) SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff (His Majesty's Ship)

##### Usage notes

Used for naval ships of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Second Reich of Imperial Germany, for the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine and Kaiserliche Marine, respectively.

##### Descendants

* English: SMS

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Initialism of Short Message Service.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛʃɛmɛʃ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛʃ

### Noun

SMS (plural SMS-ek)
* SMS, text message (a service for sending text messages on a cellular telephone system)

#### Derived terms

* SMS-ezik

## Italian
### Noun

SMS m
* SMS (text message)

## Japanese
### Noun

SMS(エスエムエス) • (esu-emu-esu)
* SMS

#### Synonyms

* 伝言(でんごん) (dengon)

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* sms

### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English SMS.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛs.ɛmˈɛs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛs
* Syllabification: S‧M‧S

### Noun

SMS m animal or m inan (related adjective SMS-owy)
* (countable) SMS, text message (brief electronic message sent between mobile phones)
    Synonyms: es, esek, esemes, eska
* (uncountable, telecommunications) short message service (system for transmitting text messages on mobile phones)

#### Derived terms

* SMS-ować impf

### Further reading

* SMS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* SMS in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English SMS.

### Noun

SMS m or f (invariable)
* SMS; text message (a text message sent on a cell phone)
    Synonyms: mensagem de texto, (Brazil) torpedo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English SMS.

### Noun

SMS n (plural SMS-uri)
* SMS; text message (a text message sent on a cell phone)

#### Synonyms

* mesaj SMS, mesaj scurt

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌese ˌeme ˈese/ [ˌe.se ˌe.me ˈe.se]

### Noun

SMS m (plural SMS)
* (telecommunications) SMS
** 2013 April 17, “Revisa tu celular: estos son los países más afectados por el "malware"”, in CNN en Español‎:Los usuarios móviles también pueden ser engañados a través del llamado smishing; una combinación de las palabras SMS y phishing (donde un usuario recibe un mensaje de texto en el que se le pide información personal como un número de tarjeta de crédito o dirección de correo electrónico).(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Further reading

* “SMS”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10