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email

See also: Email, e-mail, E-Mail, and émail

English

Alternative forms

e-mail

Etymology

Abbreviation of electronic mail

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiːmeɪl/
Rhymes: -iːmeɪl

Noun

email ‎(countable and uncountable, plural emails)

(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually via a network.

He sent me his details via email.

The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.
(countable) A message sent via an email system.

He sent me an email last week to that effect.

I am searching through my old emails.
(uncountable) A quantity of email messages.

I am searching through my old email.

My inbox used to allow only 50 MB of email at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GBs!
(informal) An e-mail address.

What's your email?

Don't send personal messages to my work email.

Translations

system

Arabic: بَرِيد إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ m ‎(barīd ʾiliktrūniyy), إِيمَيْل m ‎(ʾīmayl)
Armenian: էլեկտրոնային փստ ‎(ēlektronayin pʿst), էլ. փոստ ‎(ēl. pʿost)
Belarusian: электро́нная по́шта f ‎(eljektrónnaja póšta), iмэ́йл m ‎(iméjl), мэйл m ‎(mejl)
Bengali: ইমেইল ‎(ime'il), ই-মেইল ‎(i-me'il)
Bulgarian: имейл m ‎(imejl)
Burmese: အီးမေးလ် ‎(i:mel:)
Catalan: correu electrònic m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 電子郵件, 电子邮件 ‎(din⁶ zi² jau⁴ gin⁶⁻²), 電郵, 电邮 ‎(din⁶ jau⁴)

Mandarin: 電子郵件 (zh), 电子邮件 (zh) ‎(diànzǐ yóujiàn), 電郵 (zh), 电邮 (zh) ‎(diànyóu)
Czech: e-mail (cs) m, email (cs) m
Danish: e-mail (da) c, e-post c
Dutch: mail (nl) m, e-mail (nl) m, email (nl) m
Esperanto: retpoŝto
Estonian: e-post
Faroese: teldupostur m
Finnish: sähköposti (fi)
French: courrier électronique (fr) m, courriel (fr) m, email (fr) m
Galician: correo electrónico m, correo m
German: E-Mail (de) f
Greek: ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο (el) n ‎(ilektronikó tachydromeío), ηλ. ταχ. n ‎(il. tach.)
Hebrew: דואר אלקטרוני \ דֹּאַר אֶלֶקְטְרוֹנִי (he) m ‎(dóar elektróni)
Hindi: वि-पत्र m ‎(vi-patra)
Icelandic: tölvupóstur (is) m, netpóstur m, e-mail n
Ido: e-posto (io)
Irish: ríomhphost (ga) m
Italian: posta elettronica (it) f, e-mail (it) f, mail (it) f
Japanese: 電子メール (ja) ‎(でんしメール, denshi mēru), Eメール ‎(ī mēru), イーメール ‎(īmēru), メール (ja) ‎(mēru)
Norman: e-mail m

Kannada: ಮಿಂಚೆ (kn) ‎(miṃce)
Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (km) ‎(’ii-mɛɛl), អសន្យាណូសារ ‎(’a’sɑnyaanou saa)
Korean: 전자메일 (ko) ‎(jeonjameil), 이메일 (ko) ‎(imeil)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئی نامه‌ ‎(e-name), ئی په‌یام ‎(e-peyam)
Lao: ອີແມລ ‎('ī mǣn)
Lithuanian: el. paštas
Macedonian: електро́нска по́шта f ‎(elektrónska póšta), e-пошта f ‎(e-pošta)
Malay: surat elektronik, surel
Mongolian: цахим шуудан ‎(tsahim šuudan), и-мэйл (mn) ‎(i-mejl)
Norwegian: e-post (no) m, epost m
Persian: پست الکترونیک ‎(post-e elekteronik), ایمیل (fa) ‎(imeyl), رایانامه (fa) ‎(râyânâme)
Polish: e-mail (pl) m, (colloquial) mejl (pl) m, poczta elektroniczna f
Portuguese: e-mail (pt) m, correio eletrónico m (Portugal), correio eletrônico (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: e-mail n, poștă electronică f, electronic curier m
Russian: электро́нная по́чта (ru) f ‎(elektrónnaja póčta), име́йл (ru) m ‎(imɛ́jl), мейл (ru) m ‎(mɛjl)
Scottish Gaelic: post-dealain m
Sinhalese: විද්‍යුත් තැපෑල ‎(vid‍yut tæpǣla)
Spanish: correo electrónico (es) m, correo (es) m
Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮛᮦᮜᮦᮊ᮪ ‎(surélék)
Swedish: e-post (sv) c, e-mail (sv) c, mejl (sv) c
Tagalog: dagisiking sulat, dagisulat, sulatroniko
Ukrainian: електро́нна по́шта f ‎(elektrónna póšta), iме́йл m ‎(iméjl), мейл m ‎(mejl)
Urdu: ای میل f ‎(ī mel)
Venda: imeiḽi
Vietnamese: thư điện tử (vi), thơ điện tử, điện thư
Welsh: e-bost m
Yiddish: בליצפּאָסט f ‎(blitspost)

message sent via email

Arabic: إِيمَيْل m ‎(ʾīmayl)
Armenian: էլեկտրոնային նամակ ‎(ēlektronayin namak)
Belarusian: iмэ́йл m ‎(iméjl), мэйл m ‎(mejl)
Bengali: ইমেইল ‎(ime'il), ই-মেইল ‎(i-me'il)
Bulgarian: имейл m ‎(imejl)
Burmese: အီးမေးလ် ‎(i:mel:)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 電子郵件, 电子邮件 ‎(din⁶ zi² jau⁴ gin⁶⁻²), 電郵, 电邮 ‎(din⁶ jau⁴)

Mandarin: 電子郵件 (zh), 电子邮件 (zh) ‎(diànzǐ yóujiàn), 電郵 (zh), 电邮 (zh) ‎(diànyóu)

Min Nan: 電子郵件, 电子邮件 ‎(tiān-chú iû-kiāⁿ), 電批, 电批 ‎(tiān-phe, tiān-phoe)
Czech: e-mail (cs) m
Danish: e-mail (da), e-brev n
Dutch: mail (nl) m, e-mail (nl) m, e-mailbericht n
Esperanto: retmesaĝo, retletero
Estonian: e-kiri
Faroese: teldubræv n, teldupostur m
Finnish: viesti (fi), sähköpostiviesti (fi), sähköposti (fi)
French: courriel (fr) m, courriels (fr) m pl, courrier électronique (fr) m, (colloquial) email (fr) m, e-mail (fr) m
Galician: correo electrónico m, correo m
Georgian: ელექტრონული ფოსტა ‎(elekṭronuli posṭa), იმეილი ‎(imeili), ელ ‎(el)
German: E-Mail (de) f, Mail (de) f
Greek: ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο (el) n ‎(ilektronikó tachydromeío), ηλεκτρονικό μήνυμα n ‎(ilektronikó mínyma)
Hebrew: דוא"ל (he) m ‎(do'al)
Hindi: ई-मेल f ‎(ī-mel), ईमेल f ‎(īmel), ई-पत्र m ‎(ī-patra)
Hungarian: e-mail (hu)
Icelandic: tölvubréf n, tölvupóstur (is) m
Ido: e-posto (io)
Irish: ríomhphost (ga) m
Italian: messaggio di posta elettronica m, e-mail (it) f, mail (it) f
Japanese: 電子メール (ja) ‎(でんしメール, denshi mēru), Eメール ‎(ī mēru), イーメール ‎(īmēru), メール (ja) ‎(mēru)

Norman: e-mail m
Kannada: ಮಿಂಚೆ (kn) ‎(miṃce)
Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (km) ‎(’ii-mɛɛl), អ-សារ ‎(’a’-saa)
Korean: 이메일 (ko) ‎(imeil), 메일 (ko) ‎(meil)
Lao: ອີແມລ ‎('ī mǣn)
Macedonian: електронска порака f ‎(elektronska poraka), електронско писмо n ‎(elektronsko pismo)
Malay: e-mel (ms)
Maori: karere ā-rorohiko
Mongolian: и-мэйл (mn) ‎(i-mejl)
Norwegian: e-post (no) m, e-brev n
Persian: ایمیل (fa) ‎(imeyl)
Polish: e-mail (pl) m, (colloquial) mejl (pl) m, mail (pl) m
Portuguese: e-mail (pt) m, correio eletrónico m (Portugal), correio eletrônico (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: e-mail n, e-mail mesaj n
Russian: име́йл (ru) m ‎(imɛ́jl), мейл (ru) m ‎(mɛjl), сообще́ние (ru) n ‎(soobščénije), письмо́ (ru) n ‎(pisʹmó), электро́нное письмо́ (ru) n ‎(elektrónnoje pisʹmó)
Scottish Gaelic: post-dealain m
Spanish: correo electrónico (es) m, correo (es) m
Swedish: e-post (sv) c, mail (sv) n, mejl (sv) n, e-brev (sv) n, brev (sv) n
Tamil: மின்னஞ்சல் (ta) ‎(miṉṉañcal)
Thai: อีเมล ‎(eemayn), อีเมล์ ‎(eemay)
Turkish: e-posta (tr), e-mail (tr), elektronik posta (tr)
Ukrainian: iме́йл m ‎(iméjl), мейл m ‎(mejl)
Urdu: ای میل f ‎(ī mel)
Vietnamese: thư điện tử (vi), email (vi), thơ điện tử, điện thư
Welsh: e-bost m
Yiddish: בליצבריוו m ‎(blitsbriv), בליצבריוול m ‎(blitsbrivl)

an email address

Chinese:

Cantonese: 電郵地址, 电邮地址 ‎(din⁶ jau⁴ dei⁶ zi²)

Mandarin: 郵箱 (zh), 邮箱 (zh) ‎(yóuxiāng), 電郵地址 (zh), 电邮地址 (zh) ‎(diànyóu dìzhǐ)
Finnish: sähköpostiosoite (fi)
French: adresse courriel f
Galician: enderezo de correo electrónico f
German: E-Mail-Adresse (de) f
Hebrew: אימייל
Italian: indirizzo di posta elettronica m, indirizzo e-mail m
Japanese: メールアドレス ‎(mēru adoresu), メアド ‎(meado)

Persian: آدرس ایمیل ‎(âdres-e imeyl)
Polish: e-mail (pl) m, (colloquial) mejl (pl) m, adres mailowy m, adres mejlowy m, mail (pl) m
Portuguese: e-mail (pt) m, endereço eletrónico m (Portugal), endereço eletrônico m (Brazil)
Romanian: adresă e-mail f
Spanish: dirección de correo electrónico f
Swedish: e-postadress (sv) c
Vietnamese: địa chỉ thư điện tử, địa chỉ thơ điện tử, địa chỉ điện thư

Verb

email ‎(third-person singular simple present emails, present participle emailing, simple past and past participle emailed)

(transitive) To send an email or emails to.
She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.
(intransitive) To send, or compose and send, an email or emails.
Most teenagers spend twenty-six hours a day emailing and surfing the Web.
(transitive, may take two objects) To send via email.

I'll email you the link.

He emailed the file out to everyone.

Translations

to send an email or emails to

Chinese:
Mandarin: 发邮件, 发送电子邮件
Dutch: e-mailen (nl), mailen (nl)
Finnish: lähettää (fi) sähköposti (fi), meilata (fi)
French: envoyer (fr) un courriel, courrieller (fr)
Galician: enviar (gl) un (gl) correo electrónico
German: mailen (de)
Hindi: वि-पत्र भेजना ‎(vi-patra bhejanaa)

Ido: e-postar
Japanese: メールする (ja) ‎(mēru suru)
Norman: e-mailer
Maori: īmēra
Polish: mailować (pl), mejlować (pl)
Portuguese: mandar/enviar (um) e-mail (para)
Spanish: enviar (es) un (es) correo electrónico (es)
Swedish: e-posta (sv), maila, mejla (sv)
Welsh: e-bostio i

intransitive: to send an email or emails

Danish: ^{(please verify)}e-maile, (informally) ^{(please verify)}maile
Dutch: e-mailen (nl), mailen (nl)
Finnish: lähettää (fi) sähköpostia, meilata (fi)
French: envoyer (fr) un courriel, courrieller (fr)
Galician: enviar (gl) un (gl) correo electrónico
German: mailen (de)
Italian: (to compose) scrivere (it) un'e-mail/una mail; inviare (it) un'e-mail/una mail

Norman: e-mailer
Maori: īmēra
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)}sende (no) ^{(please verify)}epost
Portuguese: mandar/enviar e-mails
Spanish: enviar (es) un (es) correo electrónico (es)
Russian: посла́ть име́йл pf ‎(poslátʹ iméjl)
Welsh: e-bostio

to send via email

Finnish: lähettää (fi) sähköpostilla, meilata (fi)
French: envoyer (fr) par courriel, courrieller (fr)
Galician: enviar (gl) a (gl) través do (gl) correo electrónico

German: mailen (de)
Italian: inviare (it) via e-mail/mail, inviare (it) per e-mail/mail
Maori: īmēra
Portuguese: mandar por email
Spanish: enviar (es) a (es) través (es) del (es) correo electrónico (es)

Derived terms

email address

Etymology 2

French émail ‎(“enamel”)

Pronunciation

enPR: ĕ-mālʹ, IPA^(key): /ɛˈmeɪl/
Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

email ‎(plural emails)

(obsolete, circa 13th century) a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document
A type of dark ink

Anagrams

ameli, maile

Czech

Alternative forms

e-mail

Noun

email m

enamel
(informal) email (electronic communication)

Usage notes

Some institutions discourage this spelling of electronic communication in favor of e-mail.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

email n ‎(uncountable)

enamel
(heraldry) tincture

Derived terms

emaillen

Anagrams

maile

French

Noun

email m ‎(plural emails)

(informal) email

Synonyms

Anagrams

maile, mailé, mêlai

Italian

Noun

email f ‎(invariable) (Also: e-mail)

Anagrams

amile, malie

Spanish

Etymology

English

Noun

email m ‎(plural emails)

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email

email

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Pronunciation

Noun

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Czech

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Dutch

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French

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Italian

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Spanish

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