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語源

From 中期英語 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 古期英語 ærende (whence errand).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/, (weak vowel merger) /ˈmɛs.ədʒ/
• (Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmes.ədʒ/
• (North India) IPA: /mɛː.seːdʒ/
• (South India) IPA: /me.seːdʒ/
• 韻: -ɛsɪdʒ
• ハイフネーション: mes‧sage

名詞

message (plural messages)

1. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed. [from 14th c.]

   We've just received an urgent message from the President.

   He received a message telling him to update his laptop.

   • 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.

   • 1890, Pierce Egan, The Wonder of Kingswood Chace‎, page 72:

     a message which Erle received with a flutter of the heart

2. An errand. [from 14th c.]
   • 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.

3. (Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Caribbean, chiefly in the plural) An errand to a shop, a shopping expedition; an item of shopping; (in plural) groceries. [from 18th c.]
   • 1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:

     On week days he did messages between the house in Carysfort Avenue and those shops in the main street of the town with which the family dealt.

   • 1952, Sam Selvon, A Brighter Sun:

     Hurry up, man. Look other people in the shop who want message.

4. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something. [from 19th c.]

   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, archived from the original on 12 March 2023, page 55:

     But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

下位語

派生語

派生した語

• Tok Pisin: mesej
• → Egyptian Arabic: مَسِچ (mased͡ʒ, “text message”)
• → Gulf Arabic: مسج (məsij, “text message”)
• → Cantonese: message (me seich)
• → German: Message
• → Japanese: メッセージ (messēji)
• → Korean: 메시지 (mesiji)
• → Malay: mesej
• → Russian: ме́сседж (mɛ́ssɛdž)

参照

• message on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

動詞

message (third-person singular simple present messages, present participle messaging, simple past and past participle messaged)

1. 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.

2. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.

   She messaged me the information yesterday.

   Please message the final report by fax.

3. (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.

4. (obsolete) To bear as a message.

同意語

• (send a text message to): text

派生語

参考

• instant message
• instant messaging
• messenger
• mission

アナグラム

• megasse