Gmail

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Blend of Google +‎ mail.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Gmail

  1. (trademark) A webbased e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).
    He has a Gmail account.
    • 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian[2]:
      For now, it’s hard to conclude that Sunak will succeed in rebooting a government that’s been reset more times than most people’s Gmail passwords.

Derived terms

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Noun

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Gmail (plural Gmails)

  1. (informal) A Gmail account.
    • 2009, Lindsey Kelk, chapter 21, in I Heart New York, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 267:
      Afterwards, when Alex had dozed off, I [] logged on to my Gmail. I sat, gazing at him sleeping and really didn’t know what to write.
    • 2013, Andre Dubus III, “Listen Carefully as Our Options Have Changed”, in Dirty Love, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 47:
      [H]e saw an endless stack of Gmail accounts, one after the other. The tips of his fingers became cold as bone. He aimed at one of the Gmails and opened it, but he needed a user name and a password.
    • 2022, Begaim Adilkhanova, “A Learning Journey by Being Far and Near: A Lesson Designed in the R2D2 Framework”, in Curtis J[ay] Bonk, Meina Zhu, editors, Transformative Teaching Around the World: Stories of Cultural Impact, Technology Integration, and Innovative Pedagogy, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →ISBN, Section 3 (Teaching With Technology), Introduction:
      Then I switched to my Gmail and found a heart-melting email from Rustem (Jordan), who was born in Kazakhstan and then adopted by an American family.
  2. (informal) An e-mail sent using Gmail.
    • 2010, Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, “Branching Out in All Directions”, in Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Founders of Google (USA Today Lifeline Biographies), Minneapolis, Minn.: Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 69:
      Although the service was free, Google planned to make money. It would include ads, or “sponsored links,” with each Gmail. [] For example, if someone wrote about a planned vacation, the person receiving the Gmail might notice sponsored links for airlines, travel agencies, or car rentals. Did this mean someone at Google was reading the Gmails? No, but many users were uneasy and indignant.
    • 2023, Paul Nyberg, Willey’s I Wish I Were[3], New York, N.Y.: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
      My wife, Betty, for helping me get through the Gmails and the computer know-how.
    • 2024, Raphael Golb, “A Small Controversy in Lower Manhattan”, in The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
      Clearly he is alluding to the Gmails I sent parodying the well-known Dead Sea Scrolls pundit and distinguished department chairman Lawrence Schiffman of New York University—parodies that made him appear to be accusing himself of misconduct.

Verb

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Gmail (third-person singular simple present Gmails, present participle Gmailing, simple past and past participle Gmailed)

  1. (informal, ditransitive) To send (someone) an e-mail using Gmail.
    Gmail me!
    • 2008, Greg Holden, “Learning from Google: A 21st-Century Model for Success”, in Go Google: 20 Ways to Reach More Customers and Build Revenue with Google Business Tools, New York, N.Y.: AMACOM, →ISBN, Part I (Getting Ready to Go Google), page 3:
      I Googled my professor and found his home page . . . I Gmailed him my report.

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English Gmail.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡeːmeːl], [ˈd͡ʒiːmeːl][1]
  • Hyphenation: Gmail

Proper noun

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Gmail

  1. Gmail (web-based e-mail system provided by Google)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Gmail
accusative Gmailt
dative Gmailnek
instrumental Gmaillel
causal-final Gmailért
translative Gmaillé
terminative Gmailig
essive-formal Gmailként
essive-modal
inessive Gmailben
superessive Gmailen
adessive Gmailnél
illative Gmailbe
sublative Gmailre
allative Gmailhez
elative Gmailből
delative Gmailről
ablative Gmailtől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Gmailé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Gmailéi
Possessive forms of Gmail
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Gmailem
2nd person sing. Gmailed
3rd person sing. Gmailje
1st person plural Gmailünk
2nd person plural Gmailetek
3rd person plural Gmailjük

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References

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  1. ^ “gémél, dzsímél”, in e-nyelv.hu[1], 2013 October 3, retrieved 2020-07-11:Az idegen szavakat nemcsak az eredeti nyelv szerint ejtjük ki, hanem magyarosan is. A dzsímél alakot elsősorban az angolul jól beszélők alkalmazzák feltehetően, de ez sem kivétel nélküli, csak feltételezés. Szabály nincs rá, csupán ajánlható a gémél kiejtés, és ez az elterjedtebb is.