mail

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.2.3 Adjective 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Adjective 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Alternative spellings 1.4.2 Noun 2 Fiji Hindi 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 References 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Noun 3.3.1.1 Synonyms 4 Italian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Romansch 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: māl, IPA: /meɪl/, SAMPA: /meIl/
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• Rhymes: -eɪl

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• male

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English male (“‘bag, mail’”), from Old French male "bag, wallet", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *malha from Proto-Germanic *malho- (“‘bag, pouch’”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“‘leather pouch’”). Akin to Old High German malaha, malha "wallet, bag", Middle Dutch male "bag"

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mail (countable and uncountable; plural mails)

1. (uncountable) regular delivery of letters and small parcels, see also post
2. (not used in plural form) the organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail)
3. (now rare) a single batch of mail picked up by such a service
   • 1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition,^[1] T. Kaye, page 96,

     The following are the hours at which the letter-box of this office is closed for making up the several mails, and the hours at which each mail is despatched: ¶ […]

   • 1887, John Houston Merrill (editor), The American and English Encyclopædia of Law, Volume I,^[2] Edward Thompson, page 121,

     If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.

4. See mails.
5. (uncountable) electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages

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• post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)

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to mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)

1. (transitive) to send (a letter or parcel) through the mail

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• post
• send

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• mailer
• mailing

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mail (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to mail/post

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From Middle English maille (“‘mail armor’”), from Old French maille, from Latin macula (“‘blemish, mesh’”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“‘smear, rub’”).

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mail (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.

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• chain mail
• plate mail
• scale mail
• mailed

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mail (not comparable)

1. made of armoured material (a mail shirt)

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Middle English mal, male from Old English māl "speech, contract, agreement" from Old Norse māl "agreement, speech, lawsuit". Akin to Old English mǣl "speech"

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• maill

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mail (plural mails)

1. (Chiefly Scottish) a monetary payment or tribute
2. rent
3. tax

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[edit] Fiji Hindi

[edit] Etymology

From English mile (“‘imperial measure of distance’”).

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• IPA: /maɪl/

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mail

1. mile

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• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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[edit] French

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• IPA: /maj/

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Latin malleus (“‘hammer’”)

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mail m. (plural mails)

1. mallet
2. (sports, historical) pall mall
3. mall, promenade
4. (Quebec) mall, shopping mall

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From English email

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mail m. (plural mails)

1. email

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• mél

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English

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mail f. inv.

1. email

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From Latin malum. Compare Romanian măr.

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mail

1. apple