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English
Alternative forms
- S.M.S., S. M. S.
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Proper noun
SMS
- (telecommunications) Initialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages.
- Coordinate term: MMS
- 2007 October 15, Eric Newman, “iPhone is different things to different dudes”, in Brandweek, volume 48, →ISSN, page 226:
- The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”
- 2023 February 18, Ramishah Maruf, “Twitter to charge for SMS two-factor authentication”, in CNN Business:
- As of 2021, only 2.6% of Twitter users had a 2FA method enabled – and of those, 74.4% used SMS authentication, a Twitter account security report said.
Noun
SMS (countable and uncountable, plural SMSes or SMSs)
- (countable) A text message sent using the short message service.
- 2004 July 5, Nicola Clark, “Wireless: Consumers seek help in cutting mobile spam”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 September 2025:
- The Empower Interactive survey found that more than 7 of 10 cellphone users considered any form of unsolicited SMSs, or text messages, unacceptable.
- (numismatics) Initialism of special mint set.
- Initialism of salesman sample.
- (genetics, pathology) Initialism of Smith-Magenis syndrome.
- (psychology) Initialism of short man syndrome.
- (neurology) Initialism of stiff man syndrome.
- Synonym: SPS
- Initialism of safety management system: a system designed to identify and manage occupational safety and health risks.
- Initialism of senior minister of state.
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.
- Synonym: text
- I SMSed him and asked why he was late.
- I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.
Translations
to send a message on a cell phone
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See also
Proper noun
SMS
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
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Pronunciation
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Noun
SMS
- misspelling of sms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
SMS m (invariable)
- 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
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
SMS (plural SMS-ek)
- SMS, text message (a service for sending text messages on a cellular telephone system)
Declension
Derived terms
- SMS-ezik
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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
- SMS (text message)
- Synonym: layanan pesan singkat
- (military) initialism of senapan mesin sedang (“medium machine gun”)
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
Further reading
- “SMS”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
SMS m (plural SMS)
- (telecommunications) SMS
- 2013 April 17, “Revisa tu celular: estos son los países más afectados por el "malware"”, in CNN en Español:
- Los usuarios móviles también pueden ser engañados a través del llamado smishing; una combinación de las palabras SMS y phishing (donde un usuario recibe un mensaje de texto en el que se le pide información personal como un número de tarjeta de crédito o dirección de correo electrónico).
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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], 10 December 2024
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