snail mail

English

WOTD – 3 April 2012    

Etymology

A retronym emphasizing postal mail's slowness compared to email.

Noun

snail mail (uncountable)

1. (retronym) Postal mail, especially as compared to email

Translations

postal mail

• Catalan: correu ordinari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郵局遞送的郵件, 邮局递送的邮件 (yóujú dìsòng de yóujiàn)

• Dutch: slakkenpost, snailmail
• Estonian: tigupost
• Finnish: etanaposti (fi)

• French: courrier papier m, courrier traditionnel m
• German: Schneckenpost (de) f, Snailmail (de) f Snail-Mail (de) f
• Icelandic: sniglapóstur (is) m
• Russian: (обычная (ru) (obyčnaja)) почта (ru) (počta) f
• Spanish: correo ordinario (es) m