text
English
/tɛkst/
noun
Definitions
- A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- A book, tome or other set of writings.
- (colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
- (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable 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.
- (printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French texte (text) derived from Latin textus (woven, style texture of a work, text), textus (woven, style texture of a work, text).
Origin
Latin
textus
Gloss
woven, style texture of a work, text
Kanji
文
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurotext English
- Teletext English
- Textgate English
- audiotext English
- based English
- bitext English
- block English
- board English
- book English
- cipher English
- ciphertext English
- clear English
- cleartext English
- copy English
- copytext English
- cotext English
- countertext English
- countertextual English
- cybertext English
- cypher English
- cyphertext English
- detext English
- e-text English
- e-textbook English
- echotexture English
- heterotext English
- hypertext English
- hypertextbook English
- hypertexted English
- hypertexture English
- hypotext English
- in English
- info English
- infotext English
- intertext English
- intertexture English
- intext English
- macrotexture English
- mar English
- martext English
- metatext English
- microtexture English
- mode English
- multitexture English
- nanotexture English
- nonhypertext English
- nontext English
- paratext English
- peritext English
- phone English
- play English
- playtext English
- post English
- proof English
- prooftext English
- retexture English
- schizotext English
- scroll English
- scrolltext English
- shop English
- song English
- songtext English
- speak English
- spin English
- spintext English
- subtext English
- subtextless English
- subtexture English
- surtext English
- teletex English
- text message English
- textaholic English
- textbased English
- textblock English
- textboard English
- textbook English
- textbookish English
- textbooklike English
- textbooky English
- texteme English
- textemic English
- texter English
- textese English
- textism English
- textless English
- textlessly English
- textlessness English
- textlike English
- textman English
- textmode English
- textome English
- texton English
- textphone English
- textpost English
- textshop English
- textspeak English
- texturable English
- textural English
- texture English
- textured English
- textureless English
- texturewise English
- texturisation English
- texturise English
- texturization English
- texturize English
- textworthy English
- under English
- undertext English
- urtext English
- video English
- videotex English
- wiki English
- wikitext English
- work English
- worktext English
- videoteksi Finnish
- intertextus Latin
- textorius Latin
- textus Latin
- Hypertextlink German
- textus Hungarian
- testo Italian
- tekst Dutch, Flemish
- teletekst Dutch, Flemish
- texte French
- texto Spanish, Castilian
- tekst Norwegian Bokmål
- text Swedish
- テキスト Japanese
- テキストブック Japanese
- ハイパーテキスト Japanese
- tekst Polish
- tekst Norwegian Nynorsk
- téacs Irish
- textr Old Norse
- tekst Danish
- texte Old French
- teksto Esperanto
- text Catalan, Valencian
- हाइपरटेक्स्ट Hindi
- teksbok Cebuano
- teksts Latvian
- teacsa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- tekstur Faroese
- teks Manx
- texter Norman
- textéthie Norman
- text Middle High German
- texture Middle French
- סאבטקסט Hebrew (modern)
- texto Old Portuguese
- текст Macedonian
- técsa, técs Middle Irish
- in
- mar
- work
- spin
- song
- post
- mode
- book
- info
- shop
- play
- copy
- wiki
- phone
- clear
- block
- proof
- under
- video
- speak
- based
- board
- texton
- cipher
- intext
- e-text
- cypher
- scroll
- texter
- bitext
- cotext
- urtext
- detext
- teletex
- surtext
- textman
- textism
- nontext
- textome
- textese
- texteme
- texture
- subtext
- martext
- worktext
- wikitext
- spintext
- Eurotext
- copytext
- textemic
- metatext
- textpost
- songtext
- textural
- textshop
- hypotext
- Textgate
- paratext
- infotext
- videotex
- textured
- textless
- textbook
- Teletext
- textmode
- playtext
- peritext
- textlike
- textbooky
- texturise
- textbased
- retexture
- textspeak
- texturize
- textphone
- textblock
- intertext
- cybertext
- audiotext
- hypertext
- prooftext
- undertext
- cleartext
- textboard
- textaholic
- textlessly
- scrolltext
- subtexture
- texturable
- heterotext
- e-textbook
- schizotext
- textworthy
- ciphertext
- cyphertext
- hypertexted
- textureless
- textbookish
- subtextless
- nanotexture
- echotexture
- countertext
- texturewise
- nonhypertext
- text message
- intertexture
- macrotexture
- textbooklike
- microtexture
- multitexture
- hypertexture
- textlessness
- texturization
- texturisation
- hypertextbook
- countertextual