English

Proper noun

Spam

1. Alternative form of spam (tinned meat product)

Anagrams

• amps
• maps
• samp

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English spam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛm/

Noun

Spam m, n ‎(genitive Spams, plural Spams)
Spam f ‎(genitive Spam, plural Spams)

1. (computing) spam

Usage notes

• Spam is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.

English

Alternative forms

• Spam, SPAM

Noun

spam ‎(countable and uncountable, plural spams)

1. (uncountable, rarely countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

     In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.

   I get far too much spam.‎

   I received 58 spams yesterday.‎

2. (uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
3. A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• spamdexing
• spammer
• spamming
• spammy
• spamvertising

Translations

Meronyms

• e-mail, email

Verb

spam ‎(third-person singular simple present spams, present participle spamming, simple past and past participle spammed)

1. (intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
2. (transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
3. (transitive, by extension, video games) To relentlessly attack an enemy with (a spell or ability).

   Stop spamming that special attack!

4. (transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on spamming
• Official SPAM home page

Anagrams

• amps , AMPS, maps, samp

References

1. ↑ What does the SPAM brand name mean?

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English spam.

Noun

spam ‎(genitive spams)

1. (computing, Internet) Spam.

Etymology 2

See spamme.

Verb

spam

1. imperative of spamme

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɑm/

Verb

spam

1. first-person singular present indicative of spammen
2. imperative of spammen

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English spam.

Noun

spam m ‎(plural spams)

1. spam (meat)
2. (computing, Internet) spam

Synonyms

• (unsolicited email): pourriel, courriel indésirable

Hungarian

Etymology

From English spam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspɛm]

Noun

spam ‎(plural spamek)

1. (computing, Internet) spam

Declension

Interlingua

Noun

spam ‎(plural spams)

1. (computing, Internet) spam

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English spam.

Noun

spam m ‎(invariable)

1. (Internet) spam

Related terms

• spamming

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English spam.

Noun

spam m (plural spans)

1. (computing, Internet) spam

Spanish

Etymology

English

Noun

spam m ‎(plural spams)

1. (computing) spam

Turkish

Etymology

From English spam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spam]
• Hyphenation: spam

Noun

spam ‎(definite accusative spamı, plural spamlar)

1. (computing, Internet) spam

Synonyms

• yığın mesaj

Declension

Usage notes

As the word starts with two consonants, some Turkish people will have difficulties to spell it correctly. It may be spelled also sıpam.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowing from English spam.

Noun

spam

1. (computing, Internet) spam