SMS
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English
Alternative forms
- S.M.S., S. M. S.
Pronunciation
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
a text message sent on a cell phone
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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
(cell phone message):
Translations
to send a message on a cell phone
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See also
Proper noun
SMS
- (video games) Initialism of Sega Master System.
Etymology 2
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
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
SMS
- Misspelling of sms.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
SMS m (plural SMS)
- SMS, text, text message
- Synonym: (France) texto
German
Pronunciation
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
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
Pronunciation
Noun
SMS (plural SMS-ek)
- SMS, text message (a service for sending text messages on a cellular telephone system)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | SMS | SMS-ek |
| accusative | SMS-t | SMS-eket |
| dative | SMS-nek | SMS-eknek |
| instrumental | SMS-sel | SMS-ekkel |
| causal-final | SMS-ért | SMS-ekért |
| translative | SMS-sé | SMS-ekké |
| terminative | SMS-ig | SMS-ekig |
| essive-formal | SMS-ként | SMS-ekként |
| essive-modal | SMS-ül | SMS-ekül |
| inessive | SMS-ben | SMS-ekben |
| superessive | SMS-en | SMS-eken |
| adessive | SMS-nél | SMS-eknél |
| illative | SMS-be | SMS-ekbe |
| sublative | SMS-re | SMS-ekre |
| allative | SMS-hez | SMS-ekhez |
| elative | SMS-ből | SMS-ekből |
| delative | SMS-ről | SMS-ekről |
| ablative | SMS-től | SMS-ektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
SMS-é | SMS-eké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
SMS-éi | SMS-ekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | SMS-em | SMS-eim |
| 2nd person sing. | SMS-ed | SMS-eid |
| 3rd person sing. | SMS-e | SMS-ei |
| 1st person plural | SMS-ünk | SMS-eink |
| 2nd person plural | SMS-etek | SMS-eitek |
| 3rd person plural | SMS-ük | SMS-eik |
Derived terms
- SMS-ezik
Italian
Noun
SMS m
- SMS (text message)
Japanese
Noun
SMS • (esu-emu-esu)
Synonyms
- 伝言 (dengon)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English SMS.
Pronunciation
Noun
SMS m animal or m inan (related adjective SMS-owy)
- (countable) SMS, text message (brief electronic message sent between mobile phones)
- (uncountable, telecommunications) short message service (system for transmitting text messages on mobile phones)
Declension
Declension of SMS
Derived terms
(verbs):
- SMS-ować impf
Further reading
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
Noun
SMS n (plural SMS-uri)
- SMS; text message (a text message sent on a cell phone)
Declension
Synonyms
- mesaj SMS, mesaj scurt
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
SMS m (plural SMS)
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
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