texte

See also: Texte and təxtə

Cypriot Arabic

Root
'-k-t
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ذِي (ḏī) +‎ Arabic وَقْتَهَا (waqtahā).

Adverb

texte

  1. quickly, promptly
  2. soon, early

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 467

French

Etymology

From Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (weave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛkst/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Homophone: textes
  • Hyphenation: texte

Noun

texte m (plural textes)

  1. text (piece of writing)
  2. original, as opposed to translation
  3. (telecommunications) text, SMS
  4. lines (for a play, film etc.)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hebrew: טֶקְסְט (tekst)
  • Romanian: text
  • Turkish: tekst

Further reading

German

Verb

texte

  1. inflection of texten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Latin

Participle

texte

  1. vocative masculine singular of textus