e-mail

See also: email, Email, E-Mail, and émail

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• email

Etymology

Abbreviation ^{[please replace this header]} 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 allow only 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?

   Don't send personal messages to my work 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 (barīd iliktrūnī), إيميل m (īmeil)
• 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 (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, 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 (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) (miṃce)

• Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (’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)
• 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, 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 m (imɛ́jl), мейл m (mɛjl)
• 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: електро́нна по́шта f (elektrónna póšta), iме́йл m (iméjl), мейл m (mejl)
• Urdu: ای میل f (ī mel)
• Venda: imeiḽi
• Vietnamese: thư điện tử, thơ điện tử, điện thư
• Welsh: e-bost m
• Yiddish: בליצפּאָסט f (blitspost)

message sent via e-mail

• Arabic: إيميل m (īmeil)
• 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 (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) (miṃce)
• Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (’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 (i-mejl)
• Norwegian: e-post (no) m, e-brev n
• Persian: ایمیل (fa) (imeyl)
• 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: име́йл m (imɛ́jl), мейл 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 (ee-mayn), อีเมล์ (ee-may)
• Turkish: e-posta (tr), e-mail (tr), elektronik posta
• Ukrainian: iме́йл m (iméjl), мейл m (mejl)
• Urdu: ای میل f (ī mel)
• Vietnamese: thư điện tử, email (vi), thơ điện tử, điện thư
• Welsh: e-bost m
• Yiddish: בליצבריוו m (blitsbriv), בליצבריוול m (blitsbrivl)

an e-mail 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
• Galician: enderezo de correo electrónico f
• Hebrew: אימייל
• 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
• 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

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)
• French: envoyer un courriel, courrieller (fr)
• 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
• 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 e-mail or e-mails

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

• Jèrriais: 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: 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)

• Maori: īmēra
• 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): /ˈimeːl/

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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Hungarian

Etymology

From English e-mail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːmeːl/

Noun

e-mail (plural e-mailek)

1. e-mail (system, message)

Declension

Inflection of e-mail (plural in -ek, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	e-mail	e-mailek
accusative	e-mailt	e-maileket
dative	e-mailnek	e-maileknek
instrumental	e-maillel	e-mailekkel
causal-final	e-mailért	e-mailekért
translative	e-maillé	e-mailekké
terminative	e-mailig	e-mailekig
essive-formal	e-mailként	e-mailekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	e-mailben	e-mailekben
superessive	e-mailen	e-maileken
adessive	e-mailnél	e-maileknél
illative	e-mailbe	e-mailekbe
sublative	e-mailre	e-mailekre
allative	e-mailhez	e-mailekhez
elative	e-mailből	e-mailekből
delative	e-mailről	e-mailekről
ablative	e-mailtől	e-mailektől

Possessive forms of e-mail

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	e-mailem	e-mailjeim
2nd person sing.	e-mailed	e-mailjeid
3rd person sing.	e-mailje	e-mailjei
1st person plural	e-mailünk	e-mailjeink
2nd person plural	e-mailetek	e-mailjeitek
3rd person plural	e-mailjük	e-mailjeik

Derived terms

• e-mailes
• e-mailezik

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English e-mail.

Noun

e-mail m (plural e-mails)

1. (Jersey, 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