e-mail

See also: email, Email, and émail

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• email

Etymology

Abbreviation of electronic mail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːmeɪl/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

e-mail (countable and uncountable, plural e-mails)

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

   He sent me his details via e-mail.

   The advent of e-mail has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.

2. (countable, see Usage notes below) A message sent via an e-mail system.

   He sent me an e-mail last week to that effect.

   I am searching through my old e-mails.

3. (uncountable, see Usage notes below) A quantity of e-mail messages.

   I am searching through my old e-mail.

   My inbox used to only allow 50 MB of e-mail at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GBs!

4. (informal) An e-mail address.

   What's your e-mail?

Usage notes

• The spellings e-mail and email are both in common use. The form email is now more widespread, probably due to one less character and the tendency to drop hyphens, making it easier to write or type, and this form is becoming a standardized usage for most businesses and Internet users. Those who follow strict orthographic rules may consider the hyphenated form to be proper; however, as a recently coined word, the issue remains an unsettled matter at this point.
• As a contraction of electronic mail, some feel that e-mail should follow the same pluralization rules and be uncountable, prohibiting the forms e-mails and an e-mail. Others feel that it is not necessary for e-mail to maintain grammatical similarity to mail, and prefer to pluralize the term as a countable noun. This issue is hotly debated, but it is seldom considered incorrect to use the uncountable form.

Derived terms

• e-mail forward

Translations

system

• Arabic: بريد إلكتروني m (bariid iliktruuniy), إيميل m (iimeil)
• Armenian: էլեկտրոնային փստ (ēlektronayin pʿst), էլ. փոստ (ēl. pʿost)
• Belarusian: электронная пошта f (eljektronnaja pošta), iмэйл m (imejl), мэйл m (mejl)
• Bengali: ইমেইল (ime'il), ই-মেইল (i-me'il)
• Bulgarian: имейл m (imejl)
• Burmese: အီးမေးလ် (ì-màyl)
• Catalan: correu electrònic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子郵件 (zh), 电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn), 電郵 (zh), 电邮 (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
• Esperanto: retpoŝto
• Estonian: e-post
• Faroese: teldupostur m
• Finnish: sähköposti (fi)
• French: courrier électronique (fr) m, courriel (fr) m, email (fr) m (colloquial), mél (fr) m
• Galician: correo electrónico (gl) m, correo (gl) m
• German: E-Mail (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο n (ilektronikó tachydromeío), ηλ. ταχ. n (il. tach.)
• Hebrew: דואר אלקטרוני (he) (do'ar elektroni)
• Hindi: वि-पत्र (vi-patra)
• Icelandic: tölvupóstur (is) m, netpóstur m, e-mail n
• Irish: ríomhphost (ga) m
• Italian: posta elettronica (it) f, e-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)
• Jèrriais: e-mail m

• Kannada: ಮಿಂಚೆ (kn) (miNche)
• Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (’ii-mɛɛl), អសន្យាណូសារ (’a’sɑnyaanou saa)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئی نامه‌ (e-name), ئی په‌یام (e-peyam)

• Lao: ອີແມລ (ii-máew)
• Lithuanian: el. paštas
• Macedonian: електронска пошта f (elektronska pošta)
• Malay: surat elektronik, surel
• Mongolian: цахим шуудан (tsahim šuudan), и-мэйл (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
• 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: электронная почта (ru) f (elektronnaja počta), имейл m (imejl), мейл m (mejl)
• Scottish Gaelic: post-dealain m
• Sinhalese: විද්‍යුත් තැපෑල (vid‍yut tæpǣla)
• Spanish: correo electrónico (es) m, correo (es) m
• Swedish: e-post (sv) c, e-mail (sv) c, mejl (sv) c
• Ukrainian: електронна пошта f (elektronna pošta), iмейл m (imejl), мейл m (mejl)
• Urdu: ای میل f (ī mel)
• Vietnamese: thư điện tử
• Welsh: e-bost m
• Yiddish: בליצפּאָסט f (blitspost)

message sent via e-mail

• Arabic: إيميل m (iimeil)
• Armenian: էլեկտրոնային նամակ (ēlektronayin namak)
• Belarusian: iмэйл m (imejl), мэйл m (mejl)
• Bengali: ইমেইল (ime'il), ই-মেইল (i-me'il)
• Bulgarian: имейл m (imejl)
• Burmese: အီးမေးလ် (ì-màyl)
• Chinese:

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

• 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, 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 (gl) m, correo (gl) m
• Georgian: ელექტრონული ფოსტა (elek’tronuli p’osta), იმეილი (imeili), ელ (el)
• German: E-Mail (de) f, Mail (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο 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-patr)
• Hungarian: e-mail (hu)
• Icelandic: tölvubréf n, tölvupóstur (is) m
• Irish: ríomhphost (ga) m
• Italian: messaggio di posta elettronica (it), e-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)

• Jèrriais: e-mail m
• Kannada: ಮಿಂಚೆ (kn) (min̄ce)
• Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (’ii-mɛɛl), អ-សារ (’a’-saa)
• Korean: 이메일 (ko) (imeil)
• Lao: ອີແມລ (ii-máew)
• Macedonian: електронска порака f (elektronska poraka), електронско писмо n (elektronsko pismo)
• Malay: e-mel (ms)
• Mongolian: и-мэйл (i-mejl)
• Norwegian: e-post (no) m, e-brev n
• Persian: ایمیل (fa)
• Polish: e-mail (pl) m, (colloquial) mejl (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: имейл m (imejl), мейл m (mejl), сообщение (ru) n (soobščenije), письмо (ru) n (pisʹmo), электронное письмо (ru) n (elektronnoje pisʹmo)
• 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) (minnanchal)
• Thai: อีเมล (ee-mayn), อีเมล์ (ee-may)
• Turkish: e-posta (tr), e-mail (tr), elektronik posta
• Ukrainian: iмейл m (imejl), мейл m (mejl)
• Urdu: ای میل f (ī mel)
• Vietnamese: thư điện tử, email (vi)
• Welsh: e-bost m
• Yiddish: בליצבריוו m (blitsbriv), בליצבריוול m (blitsbrivl)

an e-mail address

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邮箱 (zh), 电邮地址 (zh)

• Finnish: sähköpostiosoite (fi)
• French: adresse courriel
• Galician: enderezo de correo electrónico f
• 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
• Portuguese: e-mail (pt) m, endereço eletrónico m (Portugal), endereço eletrônico m (Brazil)
• Romanian: adresă e-mail f
• Spanish: dirección de correo electrónico f

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To send an e-mail or e-mails to.

   She e-mailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.

2. (intransitive) To send, or compose and send, an e-mail or e-mails.

   Most teenagers spend twenty-six hours a day e-mailing and surfing the Web.

3. (transitive, may take two objects) To send via e-mail.

   I'll e-mail you the link.

   He e-mailed the file out to everyone.

Translations

to send an e-mail or e-mails 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)
• Galician: enviar (gl) un (gl) correo electrónico (gl)
• German: mailen (de)
• Hindi: वि-पत्र भेजना (vi-patra bhejanaa)

• Japanese: メールする (ja) (mēru suru)
• Jèrriais: e-mailer
• Portuguese: mandar (pt)/enviar (pt) (um (pt)) e-mail (pt) (para (pt))
• Spanish: enviar (es) un (es) correo electrónico (es)
• Swedish: e-posta (sv), maila, mejla (sv)
• Welsh: e-bostio i

intransitive: to send an e-mail or e-mails

• Danish: e-maile, (informally) 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 (gl)
• German: mailen (de)
• Italian: inviare (it) un'e-mail

• Jèrriais: e-mailer
• Norwegian: sende (no) epost
• Portuguese: mandar email(s)
• Spanish: enviar (es) un (es) correo electrónico (es)
• Russian: послать имейл pf (poslatʹ imejl)
• Welsh: e-bostio

to send via e-mail

• Finnish: lähettää (fi) sähköpostilla, meilata (fi)
• Galician: enviar (gl) a (gl) través (gl) do (gl) correo electrónico (gl)

• Portuguese: mandar por email
• Spanish: enviar (es) a (es) través (es) del (es) correo electrónico (es)

Derived terms

• e-mail address

See also

• snail mail
• webmail

Anagrams

• ameli, maile

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Czech

Alternative forms

• email

Noun

e-mail m

1. e-mail

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Danish

Etymology

From English e-mail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːmɛjl/, [ˈiːˌmɛjl]

Noun

e-mail c (singular definite e-mailen, plural indefinite e-mail or e-mails)

1. e-mail [from 1992]

Inflection

Inflection of e-mail

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	e-mail	e-mailen	e-mail e-mails	e-mailene
genitive	e-mails	e-mailens	e-mails e-mails'	e-mailenes

Synonyms

• (system): e-post
• (message): e-brev, mail

Derived terms

• e-maile
• e-mail-adresse

External links

• E-mail on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈimeːɫ/

Noun

e-mail m (plural e-mails, diminutive e-mailtje n)

1. e-mail

Derived terms

• e-mailadres

Verb

e-mail

1. first-person singular present indicative of e-mailen
2. imperative of e-mailen

Anagrams

• maile

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Italian

Noun

e-mail f, m (invariable)

1. e-mail (system, message)
2. e-mail address

Anagrams

• amile, malie

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From English e-mail.

Noun

e-mail m (plural e-mails)

1. (computing) e-mail

Related terms

• e-mailer (“to e-mail”)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimɛjl/

Noun

e-mail m

1. e-mail system
2. e-mail (message)
3. e-mail address

Declension

    declension of e-mail

	singular	plural
nominative	e-mail	e-maile
genitive	e-maila	e-maili
dative	e-mailowi	e-mailom
accusative	e-mail	e-maile
instrumental	e-mailem	e-mailami
locative	e-mailu	e-mailach
vocative	e-mailu	e-maile

Synonyms

• mejl

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Portuguese

Noun

e-mail m (plural e-mails)

1. (uncountable) e-mail (system for sending messages via the Internet)
2. e-mail (message sent via e-mail)
3. e-mail (an e-mail address)

Synonyms

• (system): correio eletrónico
• (message sent via e-mail): correio eletrónico
• (e-mail address): endereço eletrónico