text

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English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tek-
Proto-Indo-European *-sti
Proto-Indo-European *téksti
Proto-Italic *teksō
Latin texō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
New Latin textusbor.
Old French textebor.
Middle English text
English text

    From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to texture.

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: tĕkst, IPA(key): /tɛkst/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛkst
    • Hyphenation: text

    Noun

    text (countable and uncountable, plural texts)

    1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
    2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
    3. (by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
    4. (colloquial) Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
    5. (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
      Antonym: binary
      Coordinate term: plain text
    6. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
      Synonyms: topic, theme
    7. (writing, printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
      Synonym: text hand
      German text

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Verb

    text (third-person singular simple present texts, present participle texting, simple past and past participle texted or (colloquial) text)

    1. (transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
      Synonyms: message, (UK) SMS
      Just text me when you get here.
      I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
    2. (intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
      Have you been texting all afternoon?
    3. (dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
      • 1607–21, Phillip Massinger, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Tragedy of Thierry and Theodoret, act 2, scene 1:
        I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead
      • 2009, Lain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music‎[1] (Music), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page p. 223:
        The basic plan is simple. For the first two phrases the texted line is above the untexted; for the next two, bring us to the midpoint cadence, the texted line is for the most part lower; and the in the second half the texted material starts lower, moves into the upper position and finally occupies the bottom range again.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Welsh: tecstio

    Translations

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

    Further reading

    Catalan

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Medieval Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”). First attested in the 14th century.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    text m (plural texts or textos)

    1. text

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ “text”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

    Further reading

    Czech

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *tek-
    Proto-Indo-European *-sti
    Proto-Indo-European *téksti
    Proto-Italic *teksō
    Latin texō
    Proto-Indo-European *-tus
    Proto-Italic *-tus
    Latin -tus
    Latin textusder.
    Czech text

      Derived from Latin textus.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈtɛkst]

      Noun

      text m inan

      1. text
        text knihy ― the text of the book
        text písně ― lyrics
        text smlouvy ― the text of the contract

      Declension

      Declension of text (hard masculine inanimate)
      singular plural
      nominative text texty
      genitive textu textů
      dative textu textům
      accusative text texty
      vocative texte texty
      locative textu textech
      instrumental textem texty

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      Northern Kurdish

      Etymology

      From Persian تخت (taxt).

      Noun

      text m

      1. throne
      2. bed
      3. wood, tree
      • textî
      • textîn
      • textînî

      References

      • Cabolov, R. L. (2010), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 389

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French texte, Latin textus.

      Pronunciation

      • Audio:(file)

      Noun

      text n (plural texte)

      1. text

      References

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Derived from Latin textus.

      Pronunciation

      • Audio:(file)

      Noun

      text c

      1. text

      Declension

      Declension of text
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite text texts
      definite texten textens
      plural indefinite texter texters
      definite texterna texternas

      Derived terms

      • annonstext
      • avtalstext
      • baksidestext
      • bibeltext
      • bildtext
      • brödtext
      • eftertext
      • episteltext
      • evangelietext
      • faktatext
      • fördragstext
      • författningstext
      • förtext
      • grundtext
      • huvudtext
      • hypertext
      • intertext
      • klartext
      • kodtext
      • lagtext
      • ledtext
      • låttext
      • originaltext
      • parallelltext
      • predikotext
      • propositionstext
      • prosatext
      • reklamtext
      • resolutionstext
      • schlagertext
      • speakertext
      • sångtext
      • text-tv
      • texta
      • textanalys
      • textarkiv
      • textavsnitt
      • textbaserad
      • textbehandling
      • textbok
      • textbubbla
      • textfil
      • textfragment
      • textförfattare
      • textförklaring
      • texthantering
      • texthäfte
      • textkommentar
      • textkritik
      • textkritisk
      • textlig
      • textlingvistik
      • textläsning
      • textmaskin
      • textmassa
      • textmaterial
      • textmeddelande
      • textmängd
      • textmässig
      • textrad
      • textreklam
      • textremsa
      • textruta
      • textsamling
      • textsida
      • textsjok
      • textställe
      • texttelefon
      • texttolkare
      • texttolkning
      • texttrogen
      • textuell
      • textunderlag
      • textutläggning
      • tidningstext
      • undertext
      • ursprungstext
      • urtext
      • varningstext
      • vistext

      Further reading

      • “text”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
      • text in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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