messenger

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EtymologyEdit

From Old French messagier (French: messager), from message. For the additional -n-, compare passenger and harbinger with the same development.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ.sɪn.dʒəɹ]

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NounEdit

messenger ‎(plural messengers)

1. One who brings messages.
2. (nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
3. The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
4. (law) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.

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Derived termsEdit

• instant messenger

TranslationsEdit

one who brings messages

• Ancient Greek: ἄγγελος m ‎(ángelos)
• Arabic: رَسُول (ar) m ‎(rasūl)
• Armenian: բանբեր (hy) ‎(banber)
• Asturian: mensaxeru m
• Catalan: missatger m, missatgera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信使 (zh) ‎(xìnshǐ), 使者 (zh) ‎(shǐzhě)

• Czech: posel (cs) m, kurýr (cs) m
• Danish: bud n
• Dutch: boodschapper (nl) m
• Esperanto: anoncanto
• Faroese: boðberi m, boðsveinur m, sendiboð n, ørindasveinur m
• Finnish: lähetti (fi), sanansaattaja (fi), kuriiri (fi)
• French: messager (fr) m
• Galician: mensaxeiro m
• Georgian: მაცნე ‎(macne), შიკრიკი ‎(šiḳriḳi), მოამბე ‎(moambe), მაუწყებელი ‎(mauc̣q̇ebeli), მომასწავებელი ‎(momasc̣avebeli)
• German: Kurier (de) m, Bote (de) m, Botschafter (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 m ‎(airus)
• Greek: αγγελιοφόρος (el) m ‎(angeliofóros)
• Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ (he) m ‎(mal'akh)
• Hungarian: hírvivő (hu), hírnök (hu)
• Icelandic: sendiboði (is) m, boðberi (is) m
• Irish: teachtaire m, scéalaí m
• Italian: messaggero (it) m, corriere (it) m
• Japanese: 使者 (ja) ‎(ししゃ, shisha), メッセンジャー ‎(messenjā)
• Khmer: អ្នកនាំសារ ‎(neak noam saa)
• Korean: 메신저 ‎(mesinjeo)

• Latin: cursor m, nuntius (la) m, nuntia f, viator m, viatrix f
• Latvian: ziņnesis m, kurjers m
• Malay: utusan
• Maori: karere, pūrahorua
• Ngazidja Comorian: ndrume class 9/10, mtrume class 3/4
• Norwegian: bud (no) n
• Occitan: messatgièr (oc) m
• Old Provençal: messatger m
• Persian: پیغام رسان ‎(peyqâm-resân), پیک (fa) ‎(peyk)
• Polish: posłaniec (pl) m, kurier (pl) m
• Portuguese: mensageiro (pt) m
• Quechua: chaski
• Russian: посы́льный (ru) m ‎(posýlʹnyj), ве́стник (ru) m ‎(véstnik), гоне́ц (ru) m ‎(gonéc), связно́й (ru) m ‎(svjaznój), курье́р (ru) m ‎(kurʹjér), ме́ссенджер (ru) m ‎(méssendžer) (software)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гласник m, весник m

  Roman: glasnik (sh) m, vesnik (sh) m

• Slovene: sèl m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pósoł m

• Spanish: mensajero (es) m
• Swedish: bud (sv) n, budbärare (sv) c
• Tibetan: བང་ཆེན ‎(bang chen), ཕོ་ཉ ‎(pho nya)
• Walloon: messaedjî (wa) m
• Yiddish: משולח m ‎(meshulekh), שליח m ‎(sheliyekh)

VerbEdit

messenger ‎(third-person singular simple present messengers, present participle messengering, simple past and past participle messengered)

1. (transitive) To send something by messenger.

   I'll messenger over the signed documents.