# message
## English
### Alternative forms

* msg

### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒ/, (Indic) /meˈseːd͡ʒ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: mes‧sage
* Rhymes: -ɛsɪdʒ

### Noun

message (plural messages)
* A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
    We've just received an urgent message from the President.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 3:20:I have a message from God unto thee.
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
* An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
    The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
** 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
* (UK, Ireland, chiefly in the plural) An errand.
** 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27:I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road.
* (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) See messages (“groceries, shopping”).

#### Hyponyms

* heartbeat message
* in-flight message
* instant message
* text message

#### Derived terms

* address message
* Arecibo message
* carry the message to Garcia
* deliver the message to Garcia
* direct message
* e-message
* error message
* fox message
* I approve this message
* message board
* message broker
* message control
* message coupling
* message-driven architecture
* message fiction
* message in a bottle
* message-oriented
* message-oriented middleware
* message queue
* message stick
* message unit
* mixed message
* mood message
* off-message
* off message
* on message
* on-message
* personal message
* picture message
* poison message
* private message
* remessage
* send a message
* short message service
* SMS
* subliminal message
* voice message

#### Descendants

* Tok Pisin: mesej
* → Egyptian Arabic: ماسدچ (māsidž, “text message”)
* → Gulf Arabic: مسج (məsij, “text message”)
* → German: Message
* → Hindi: मेसेज (mesej)
* → Japanese: メッセージ (messēji)
* → Korean: 메시지 (mesiji)
* → Malay: mesej
* → Russian: ме́сседж (mɛ́ssɛdž)

#### Translations

Afrikaans: boodskap (af)
Albanian: mesazh (sq) m, lajm (sq) m
Arabic: رِسَالَة f (risāla), خَبَر m (ḵabar), مَعْلُومَة f (maʕlūma)
Egyptian Arabic: ماسدچ (māsidž)
Gulf Arabic: رسالة, مسج (məsij)
Hijazi Arabic: رِسالة (risāla)
Moroccan Arabic: رسالة (rsāla), ميساج (misāj)
South Levantine Arabic: مسج (masej), رسالة f (risāle)
Armenian: հաղորդագրություն (hy) (haġordagrutʻyun), հաղորդում (hy) (haġordum)
Assamese: বাতৰি (batori)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܓܲܪܬܵܐ (ʾigārta)
Asturian: mensaxe (ast) m
Aukan: bosikopu
Azerbaijani: xəbər (az), məlumat (az), mesaj, ismarıc (Internet)
Basque: mezu
Belarusian: паведамле́нне n (pavjedamljénnje)
Bengali: বার্তা (bn) (barta)
Bulgarian: съобще́ние (bg) n (sǎobšténie)
Burmese: အမှာ (my) (a.hma)
Catalan: missatge (ca) m, notícia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 信息 (seon$^3$ sik$^1$), 信息 (seon$^3$ sik$^1$)
Hokkien: 信息 (zh-min-nan) (sìn-sit), 訊息 / 讯息 (zh-min-nan) (sìn-sit)
Mandarin: 信息 (zh) (xìnxī), 訊息 / 讯息 (zh) (xùnxī), 音信 (zh) (yīnxìn), 短信 (zh) (duǎnxìn), 傳言 / 传言 (zh) (chuányán)
Chuukese: poraus
Czech: zpráva (cs) f, vzkaz (cs) m
Danish: budskab (da) n, besked, bud n
Dutch: bericht (nl) n, boodschap (nl) f
Egyptian: (wpwt)
Esperanto: mesaĝo
Estonian: sõnum
Finnish: viesti (fi)
French: message (fr) m
Galician: mensaxe (gl) f
Georgian: გზავნილი (gzavnili), შეტყობინება (šeṭq̇obineba), ცნობა (cnoba), უწყება (uc̣q̇eba)
German: Nachricht (de) f, Botschaft (de) f, Mitteilung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (hauseins)
Greek: μήνυμα (el) n (mínyma)
Ancient: ἀγγελία f (angelía)
Gujarati: સંદેશ (sandeś), સંદેશો (sandeśo)
Hebrew: הוֹדָעָה f (hoda'á)
Hindi: संदेश (hi) m (sandeś), सन्देश (hi) m (sandeś), सूचना (hi) m (sūcnā), समाचार (hi) m (samācār), ख़बर f (xabar)
Hungarian: üzenet (hu)
Icelandic: skilaboð (is) n pl
Ido: mesajo (io)
Indonesian: pesan (id)
Ingrian: veesti, sana
Irish: teachtaireacht f
Italian: messaggio (it) m
Japanese: 伝言 (ja) (でんごん, dengon), 連絡 (ja) (れんらく, renraku), 通知 (ja) (つうち, tsuuchi), メッセージ (ja) (messēji), 短信 (ja) (たんしん, tanshin)
Kazakh: хабар (xabar), хабарлама (kk) (xabarlama), ақпарат (aqparat)
Khmer: ចុតហ្មាយ (cotmaay), បណ្ដាំ (km) (bɑndam), បរិកម្ម (km) (bɑɑrekam), ប្រសាសន៍ (km) (prɑsaah), សារ (km) (saa)
Korean: 소식(消息) (ko) (sosik), 메시지 (ko) (mesiji), 전언(傳言) (ko) (jeoneon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: peyam (ku) f, mesaj (ku) f
Kyrgyz: билдирүү (ky) (bildirüü), кабарлоо (kabarloo), кабар (ky) (kabar)
Lao: ຂໍ້ຄວາມ (khǭ kwām)
Latin: nūntius (la) m, nūntium n
Latvian: ziņa (lv) f
Lithuanian: pranešimas (lt) m
Lombard: messagg (lmo) m
Luganda: obubaka
Macedonian: по́рака f (póraka)
Malay: mesej (ms), pesanan (ms)
Malayalam: സന്ദേശം (ml) (sandēśaṁ)
Maore Comorian: haɓari class 5/6
Marathi: निरोप m (nirop), संदेश m (sandeś)
Mi'kmaq: agnutmaqan inan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мэдээ (mn) (medee), захиа (mn) (zaxia)
Nepali: सन्देश (sandeś)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: budskap (no) n, melding (no) m or f
Nynorsk: bodskap n, melding f
Occitan: messatge (oc) m
Old English: ǣrende n
Oromo: ergaa
Pashto: پيام (ps) m (payām), پيغام (ps) m (payǧām), رساله (ps) f (resāla)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پِیْغام (peyğâm), پَیام (payâm), رِسالِه (resâle), خَبَر (xabar), اَخْبار (axbâr)
Polish: wiadomość (pl) f, posłanie (pl) n, komunikat (pl) m
Portuguese: mensagem (pt) f
Punjabi:
Eastern: ਸੁਨੇਹਾ (pa) m (sunehā), ਪੈਗ਼ਾਮ m (paiġām), ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ m (sandeś), ਸੰਦੇਸਾ m (sandesā)
Western: سُنیہا m (sunehā), پَیغام m (paiġām)
Romanian: mesaj (ro) n
Russian: сообще́ние (ru) n (soobščénije), ме́сседж (ru) m (mɛ́ssɛdž) (colloquial), СМС (ru) m (SMS), уведомле́ние (ru) n (uvedomlénije), посла́ние (ru) n (poslánije)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: соа̄гк (såågk)
Skolt Sami: saakk
Scottish Gaelic: teachdaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏рука f, по̀сланица f
Roman: pȍruka (sh) f, pòslanica (sh) f
Slovak: správa (sk) f
Slovene: sporočilo (sl) n
Spanish: mensaje (es) m, recado (es) m
Sranan Tongo: boskopu
Swedish: meddelande (sv) n, budskap (sv) n
Tagalog: kalatas
Tajik: пайом (tg) (payom), рисола (risola), хабар (tg) (xabar), ахбор (tg) (axbor)
Thai: ข้อความ (th) (kɔ̂ɔ-kwaam)
Turkish: haber (tr), mesaj (tr)
Turkmen: habar, maglumat
Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎈𐎎 (tḥm)
Ukrainian: повідо́млення n (povidómlennja), ме́седж m (mésedž)
Urdu: رِسالَہ m (risāla), پَیغام m (paiġām), پَیام m (payām), خَبَر f (xabar)
Uyghur: خەۋەر (xewer), ئۇچۇر (uchur), ئاخبارات (axbarat)
Uzbek: xabar (uz), axborot (uz), risola (uz)
Vietnamese: tin nhắn
Welsh: neges (cy) f :
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#### References

* message on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Verb

message (third-person singular simple present messages, present participle messaging, simple past and past participle messaged)
* To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
    Just message me for directions.
    I messaged her about the concert.
* To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
    She messaged me the information yesterday.
    Please message the final report by fax.
* (intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
    We've implemented a new messaging service.
    The runaway computer program was messaging non-stop.
* (obsolete) To bear as a message.

#### Synonyms

* (send a text message to): text

#### Translations
### See also

* instant message
* instant messaging
* messenger
* mission

### Anagrams

* megasse

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ.saʒ/ ~ /me.saʒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

message m (plural messages)
* message
** 1928, André Breton, Nadja:Un journal du matin suffira toujours à me donner de mes nouvelles : X . . . ., 26 décembre. - L’opérateur chargé de la station de télégraphie sans fil située à l’ Île du Sable, a capté un fragment de message qui aurait été lancé dimanche soir à telle heure par le . . . . Le message disait notamment : « Il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas » mais il n’indiquait pas la position de l’avion à ce moment, et, par suite de très mauvaises conditions atmosphériques et des interférences qui se produisaient, l’opérateur n’a pu comprendre aucune autre phrase, ni entrer de nouveau en communication. Le message était transmis sur une longueur d’onde de 625 mètres ; d’autre part, étant donné la force de réception, l’opérateur a cru pouvoir localiser l’avion dans un rayon de 80 kilomètres autour de l’ Île du Sable.A morning paper will always be adequate to give me my news : X . . ., December 26 -- The radio operator on the Ile du Sable has received a fragment of a message sent Sunday evening at such and such an hour by the . . . . The message said, in particular : "There is something which is not working" but failed to indicate the position of the plane at this moment, and due to extremely bad atmospheric conditions and static, the operator was unable to understand any further sentence, nor to make communication again. The message was transmitted on a wave length of 625 meters ; moreover given the strength of the reception, the operator states he can localize the plane within a radius of 50 miles around the Ile du Sable.

#### Derived terms

* messager
* messagerie

#### Related terms

* mettre

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: mesaj
* → Albanian: mesazh
* → Moroccan Arabic: ميساج (mesaž)
* → Romanian: mesaj
* → Turkish: mesaj
** → Azerbaijani: mesaj

### Further reading

* “message”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Interlingua
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French message.

### Noun

message (plural messages)
* message

#### Derived terms

* messagero
* messageria

## Norman
### Noun

message m (plural messages)
* Alternative form of m'sage

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* mesage, messaige

### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛˈsad͡ʒə/

### Noun

message oblique singular, m (oblique plural messages, nominative singular messages, nominative plural message)
* message (form of communication)
* messenger

#### Derived terms

* messagier

#### Related terms

* metre

#### Descendants

* Middle French: message
** French: message
*** Haitian Creole: mesaj
*** → Albanian: mesazh
*** → Moroccan Arabic: ميساج (mesaž)
*** → Romanian: mesaj
*** → Turkish: mesaj
**** → Azerbaijani: mesaj
* Walloon: messaedje
* Norman: m'sage, message
Borrowings:
* → Galician: mensaxe
* → Italian: messaggio
* → Middle English: message
** → English: message
* → Piedmontese: messagi
* → Portuguese: mensagem
* → Scots: message
* → Spanish: mensaje

## Scots
### Etymology

Old French message, see above.

### Noun

message (plural messages)
* message
* (in the plural) purchases, shopping
    go the messages - do one's shopping