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== English == === Etymology === From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”). Cognate to English texture. === Pronunciation === enPR: tĕkst, IPA(key): /tɛkst/ Rhymes: -ɛkst Hyphenation: text === Noun === text (countable and uncountable, plural texts) A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. A book, tome or other set of writings. (colloquial) Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones. (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text. Antonym: binary Coordinate term: plain text A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. (by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc. Synonyms: topic, theme (printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing. Synonym: text hand ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === text (third-person singular simple present texts, present participle texting, simple past and past participle texted or (colloquial) text) (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 (intransitive) To send and receive text messages. (dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: tecstio ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Text in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) “text”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. text in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “text”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”). First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtekst] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɛkst] === Noun === text m (plural texts or textos) text ==== Derived terms ==== hipertext subtext textar ==== Related terms ==== pretext textual === References === === Further reading === “text”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “text” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “text” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtɛkst] === Noun === text m inan text text knihy ― the text of the book text písně ― lyrics text smlouvy ― the text of the contract ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “text”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “text”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === From Persian تخت (taxt). === Noun === text m throne bed wood, tree ==== Related terms ==== 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 === === Noun === text n (plural texte) text === References === “text”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === Derived from Latin textus. === Pronunciation === === Noun === text c text ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === text in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker text in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)