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/tɛkst/

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noun

Texte, écrit

A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

Examples :

"The text message from my friend said she was running late for school. "

Le texto de mon amie disait qu'elle était en retard à l'école.

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noun

Texte, écrit

A book, tome or other set of writings.

Examples :

"My history teacher assigned us a large text about the French Revolution. "

Mon professeur d'histoire nous a donné un long texte sur la Révolution française.

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noun

SMS, texto

A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.

Examples :

"My friend sent me a text about the meeting at school tomorrow. "

Mon ami m'a envoyé un texto concernant la réunion à l'école demain.

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noun

Texte

Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.

Examples :

"The email contained important text about the upcoming project deadline. "

L'e-mail contenait un texte important concernant l'échéance du projet à venir.

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noun

Verset, passage

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

Examples :

"The pastor chose a short text from the Bible as the basis for his Sunday sermon. "

Le pasteur a choisi un court passage de la Bible comme base de son sermon du dimanche.

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Sujet, thème

(by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.

Examples :

"The text of the school essay was about the importance of recycling. "

Le sujet de la dissertation scolaire portait sur l'importance du recyclage.

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noun

Écriture en grands caractères, texte

A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.

Examples :

"German text"

Texte en allemand

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verb

Envoyer un texto, texter

To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

Examples :

"My friend texted me about the new homework assignment. "

Mon ami m'a envoyé un texto concernant le nouveau devoir.

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verb

Envoyer et recevoir des textos

To send and receive text messages.

Examples :

"Have you been texting all afternoon?"

Avez-vous envoyé et reçu des textos tout l'après-midi ?

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verb

Écrire en gros caractères

To write in large characters, as in text hand.

Examples :

"The teacher asked the students to text the answers to the math problem on the board. "

Le professeur a demandé aux élèves d'écrire en gros caractères les réponses au problème de maths au tableau.

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