"private message" meaning in English

See private message in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: private messages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} private message (plural private messages)
  1. (Internet) A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: PM [initialism], direct message, personal message, whisper Translations (communication to an individual social media user): privaatboodskap (Afrikaans), 私信 (si¹ seon³) (Chinese Cantonese), 私訊 (Chinese Cantonese), 私讯 (si¹ seon³) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Cantonese), 私信 (sīxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 私訊 (Chinese Mandarin), 私讯 (sīxùn) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), yksityisviesti (Finnish), message privé [masculine] (French), privát üzenet (Hungarian), privi (Hungarian), プライベートメッセージ (puraibēto messēji) (Japanese), wiadomość prywatna [feminine] (Polish), priv [colloquial, masculine] (Polish), mensagem privada [feminine] (Portuguese), mensaje privado [masculine] (Spanish), privatmeddelande (Swedish), หลังไมค์ (lǎng-mai) [colloquial] (Thai)
    Sense id: en-private_message-en-noun-pLL5YYSy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20

Verb

Forms: private messages [present, singular, third-person], private messaging [participle, present], private messaged [participle, past], private messaged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} private message (third-person singular simple present private messages, present participle private messaging, simple past and past participle private messaged)
  1. (Internet) To send a private message. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: PM [initialism], direct message, personal message, private-message Translations (to send a private message): 私信 (si¹ seon³) (Chinese Cantonese), 私訊 (Chinese Cantonese), 私讯 (si¹ seon³) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Cantonese), 私信 (sīxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 私訊 (Chinese Mandarin), 私讯 (sīxùn) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), yksityisviesti (Finnish), หลังไมค์ (lǎng-mai) [colloquial] (Thai)
    Sense id: en-private_message-en-verb-C-Qskfsd

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for private message meaning in English (6.6kB)

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        "Taiwan"
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