French word

messager

Pronunciation

IPA/mesaʒe/

Meaning

  • masculine nounmessenger

Example

Le messager a apporté la lettre.

The messenger brought the letter.

Illustration for messager (messenger)

More examples

Elle a confié la lettre au messager avant son départ.

She entrusted the letter to the messenger before her departure.

Core concept

A person carrying spoken words or a letter from one party to another.

Common phrases

  • parler au messager

    speak to the messenger

  • confier un message à un messager

    entrust a message to a messenger

Similar words

facteur: A postal worker who delivers mail to set addresses.
livreur: A delivery worker who brings goods or meals to customers.
courrier: Mail, including letters, parcels, and other postal items.

Definition in French

Personne chargée de transmettre un message oral ou écrit entre deux personnes ou deux groupes.

Word origin

French messager developed from Old French messagier, formed from message with an agent-forming suffix, while message ultimately comes from Medieval Latin missaticum, from mittere, 'to send'.

Usage tips

  • Messager is masculine, so the usual form is un messager, and it often has a more literary or historical tone than everyday delivery terms.

Other meanings

  • couriernoun

Opposites

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