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email

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiːmeɪl/
  • General-American: /ˈiˌmeɪl/
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  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːmeɪl
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: ĕ-mālʹ
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɛˈmeɪl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪl
  • CMU ARPABET: IY0 M EY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • He sent me his details via email.
  • The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.
  • Please stop sending me “constructive criticisms” via email, or telling me that “ I feel you are being defensive”, especially just after I have told you “you’re loved”. “Rewards” like that are horrible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mail

Antonyms: mail, post, snail mail

2

noun

Meaning 2

The quantity of messages sent through an email system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I am searching through my old email.
  • My inbox used to allow only 50 MB of email at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GBs!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mail

Antonyms: mail, post, snail mail

3

noun

Meaning 3

A message being sent through email.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting.
  • I archive my old emails using a cloud-based service.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mail

Antonyms: mailpiece

4

noun

Meaning 4

An email address.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • What’s your email?
  • In this system, your username is your email.
  • Don’t send personal messages to my work email.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Enamel (“an opaque, glossy coating”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, rare

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To send an email or emails to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To send (data) through email.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive, transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I’ll email you the link.
  • He emailed the file out to everyone.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Most teenagers seem to spend almost the whole day emailing and surfing the Web.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • you cannot send packages by electronic mail

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: electronic mail, e-mail

Antonyms: snail mail

Broader terms: electronic communication

Narrower terms: freemail, spam, junk e-mail

10

verb

Meaning 10

communicate electronically on the computer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she e-mailed me the good news

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: e-mail, netmail

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: telecommunicate

Narrower terms: spam

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h1ey- Proto-Indo-European *h1éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic Proto-Indo-European *molko-der.? Thracianbor.? Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail English electronic mailabbr. English email The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. First attested in the 1970s. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”).

Borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émail (“enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze (coating on pottery)”)), from Medieval Latin smaltum (“enamel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt; to soften”). Doublet of smalt, smalto, and schmaltz.

Across languages

Translations

446 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: e-pos — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Albanian: postë elektronike — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Arabic: بَرِيد إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (barīd ʔiliktrūniyy) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Arabic: إِيمَيْل (ʔīmayl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Arabic: إيميل (ʔīmēl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܐ ܐܸܠܝܼܩܲܛܪܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (bīldārā ilīqaṭrōnāyā) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܡܹܝܠ (īmēl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Armenian: էլեկտրոնային փոստ (ēlektronayin pʻost) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Armenian: էլ. փոստ (ēl. pʻost) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Armenian: մեյլ (meyl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Assamese: ইমেইল (imeil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Assamese: ইমেল (imel) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Azerbaijani: elektron poçt — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Azerbaijani: e-poçt — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Belarusian: электро́нная по́шта (eljektrónnaja póšta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Belarusian: імэ́йл (iméjl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Belarusian: мэйл (mejl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Bengali: ইমেইল (imeil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Bengali: ই-মেইল (i-meil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Bulgarian: име́йл (iméjl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Bulgarian: електро́нна по́ща (elektrónna póšta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Burmese: အီးမေးလ် (i:mel:) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Burmese: အီမေးလ် (imel:) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Carpathian Rusyn: електроні́чна по́шта (elektroníčna póšta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Catalan: correu electrònic — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電子郵件 /电子邮件 — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電郵 /电邮 (din6 jau4) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子郵件 /电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電郵 /电邮 (diànyóu) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Czech: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Czech: email — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Danish: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Danish: e-post — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Dutch: mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Dutch: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Dutch: email — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Dzongkha: གློག་འཕྲིན (glog 'phrin) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Esperanto: retpoŝto — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Esperanto: komputilreta poŝto — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Estonian: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Estonian: e-kiri — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Estonian: e-post — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Estonian: meil — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Faroese: teldupostur — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Finnish: sähköposti — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Finnish: s-posti — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Finnish: sposti — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Finnish: säpo — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Finnish: säpö — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Finnish: meili — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • French: courrier électronique — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • French: courriel — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • French: messagerie électronique — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • French: email — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Galician: correo electrónico — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Galician: correo — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Georgian: ელექტრონული ფოსტა (elekṭronuli posṭa) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Georgian: ელფოსტა (elposṭa) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Georgian: იმეილი (imeili) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • German: E-Mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο (ilektronikó tachydromeío) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Greek: ηλ. ταχ. (il. tach.) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Gujarati: ઇ-મેઇલ (i-meila) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Hebrew: דוא״ל (dóal) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Hindi: वि-पत्र (vi-patra) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Hindi: ई-पत्र (ī-patra) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Hindi: ईमेल (īmel) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Hungarian: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Hungarian: ímél — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Icelandic: tölvupóstur — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Icelandic: netpóstur — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Icelandic: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Ido: e-posto — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Ido: elektroposto — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Indonesian: surel — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Indonesian: posel — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Indonesian: pos-el — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Indonesian: email — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Irish: ríomhphost — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Italian: posta elettronica — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Italian: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Italian: mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Italian: teleposta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Japanese: 電子メール (denshi mēru) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Japanese: Eメール (ī mēru) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Japanese: イーメール (īmēru) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Japanese: メール (mēru) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Javanese: layang widyut — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Kannada: ಮಿಂಚೆ (miñce) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Kazakh: электронды пошта (élektrondy poşta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (ʼiimɛɛl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Khmer: អសន្យាណូសារ (ʼaʼsɑnyaanousaa) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Korean: 전자메일 (jeonjameil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Korean: 전자우편 (jeonjaupyeon) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Korean: 이메일 (imeil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Central Kurdish: ئی نامە (î name) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Central Kurdish: ئی پەیام (î peyam) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Northern Kurdish: e-peyam — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Kyrgyz: электрондук почта (elektronduk pocta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Lao: ອີແມລ (ʼī mǣn) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Latin: cursus electronicus — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Latvian: e-pasts — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Lithuanian: el. paštas — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Lithuanian: elektroninis paštas — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Macedonian: електро́нска по́шта (elektrónska póšta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Macedonian: е-пошта (e-pošta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Malay: e-mel — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Malay: mel elektronik — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Malayalam: ഇ-മെയിൽ (i-meyil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Marathi: ईमेल (īmel) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Mongolian: цахим шуудан (caxim šuudan) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Mongolian: и-мэйл (i-mejl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Nepali: इमेल (imel) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Norman: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Norwegian Bokmål: e-post — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Norwegian Bokmål: epost — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Odia: ଇମେଲ (imela) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Iranian Persian: پُسْتِ اِلِکْتِرونیک (post-e elekteronik) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Iranian Persian: ایمِیل (imeyl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Iranian Persian: رایانامِه (râyânâme) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Polish: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Polish: mejl — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Polish: poczta elektroniczna — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Portuguese: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Portuguese: correio eletrónico — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Portuguese: correio eletrônico — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Punjabi: ਈ-ਮੇਲ (ī-mel) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Romanian: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Romanian: poștă electronică — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Romanian: electronic curier — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Russian: электро́нная по́чта (elektrónnaja póčta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Russian: име́йл (imɛ́jl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Russian: мейл (mɛjl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Russian: электропочта (elektropočta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Scottish Gaelic: post-dealain — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Serbo-Croatian: е-пошта — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Serbo-Croatian: имејл — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Serbo-Croatian: електронска пошта — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Serbo-Croatian: e-pošta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Serbo-Croatian: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektronska pošta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Sinhalese: විද්යුත් තැපෑල (widyut tæpǣla) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Slovak: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Slovak: email — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Slovene: elektronska pošta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Slovene: e-pošta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Spanish: correo electrónico — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Spanish: correo — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮛᮦᮜᮦᮊ᮪ (surélék) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Swedish: e-post — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Swedish: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Swedish: mejl — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tagalog: dagisiking sulat — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tagalog: dagisulat — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tagalog: sulatroniko — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tajik: почтаи электронӣ (počta-yi elektroni) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tajik: роёнома (royonoma) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tamil: மின்னஞ்சல் (miṉṉañcal) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Telugu: ఈ-మెయిల్ (ī-meyil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Thai: ไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (bprai-sà-nii-ì-lék-trɔɔ-nìk) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Thai: อีเมล (ii-meel) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tibetan: གློག་རྡུལ་འཕྲིན་སྒམ (glog rdul 'phrin sgam) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Tigrinya: ኢመይል (ʾimäyl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Turkish: e-posta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Turkish: elektronik posta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Turkmen: elektronik poçta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Ukrainian: електро́нна по́шта (elektrónna póšta) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Ukrainian: іме́йл (iméjl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Ukrainian: мейл (mejl) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Urdu: ای میل (ī mel) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Urdu: بَرْقی ڈاک (barqī ḍāk) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Uyghur: ئېلېكترونلۇق يوللانما (ëlëktronluq yollanma) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Uyghur: ئىلخەت (ilxet) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Uzbek: elektron pochta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Uzbek: e-mail — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Uzbek: email — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Uzbek: e-pochta — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Venda: imeiḽi — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Vietnamese: thư điện tử — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Vietnamese: thơ điện tử — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Vietnamese: điện thư — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Walloon: emilreye — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Welsh: e-bost — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Xibe: ᡞ - ᠮᡝᡞᠯ (i - meil) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Xibe: ᡩᡞᠶᠠᠨ ᡯᡞ ᡪᠠᠰᡞᡤᠠᠨ ᡪᠠᡣᠠ (diyan dzi jasigan jaka) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Yiddish: בליצפּאָסט (blitspost) — system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network
  • Welsh: e-byst — quantity of messages sent through an email system
  • Afrikaans: e-pos — message sent through email
  • Albanian: email — message sent through email
  • Arabic: إِيمَيْل (ʔīmayl) — message sent through email
  • Arabic: رِسَالَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيّّة (risāla ʔelektrōniyya) — message sent through email
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܓܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܸܠܝܼܩܲܛܪܘܿܢܵܝܬܵܐ (iggarṯā ilīqaṭrōnāytā) — message sent through email
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܡܹܝܠ (īmēl) — message sent through email
  • Armenian: էլեկտրոնային նամակ (ēlektronayin namak) — message sent through email
  • Armenian: մեյլ (meyl) — message sent through email
  • Assamese: ইমেইল (imeil) — message sent through email
  • Belarusian: імэ́йл (iméjl) — message sent through email
  • Belarusian: мэйл (mejl) — message sent through email
  • Belarusian: электро́нны ліст (eljektrónny list) — message sent through email
  • Bengali: ইমেইল (imeil) — message sent through email
  • Bengali: ই-মেইল (i-meil) — message sent through email
  • Bulgarian: име́йл (iméjl) — message sent through email
  • Burmese: အီးမေးလ် (i:mel:) — message sent through email
  • Burmese: အီမေးလ် (imel:) — message sent through email
  • Catalan: correu — message sent through email
  • Catalan: correu electrònic — message sent through email
  • Catalan: email — message sent through email
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電子郵件 /电子邮件 — message sent through email
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電郵 /电邮 (din6 jau4) — message sent through email
  • Chinese: 電子郵件 /电子邮件 (tiān-chú iû-kiān) — message sent through email
  • Chinese: 電批 /电批 (tiān-phe, tiān-phoe) — message sent through email
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子郵件 /电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn) — message sent through email
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電郵 /电邮 (diànyóu) — message sent through email
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊妹兒 /伊妹儿 (yīmèir) — message sent through email
  • Czech: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Danish: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Danish: e-brev — message sent through email
  • Dutch: mail — message sent through email
  • Dutch: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Dutch: e-mailbericht — message sent through email
  • Esperanto: retmesaĝo — message sent through email
  • Esperanto: retletero — message sent through email
  • Esperanto: retpoŝtaĵo — message sent through email
  • Estonian: e-kiri — message sent through email
  • Faroese: teldubræv — message sent through email
  • Faroese: teldupostur — message sent through email
  • Finnish: sähköpostiviesti — message sent through email
  • Finnish: sähköposti — message sent through email
  • Finnish: s-posti — message sent through email
  • Finnish: sposti — message sent through email
  • Finnish: säpo — message sent through email
  • Finnish: säpö — message sent through email
  • Finnish: meili — message sent through email
  • French: courriel — message sent through email
  • French: courrier électronique — message sent through email
  • French: message électronique m e-mail — message sent through email
  • French: email — message sent through email
  • Galician: correo electrónico — message sent through email
  • Galician: correo — message sent through email
  • Georgian: ელექტრონული წერილი (elekṭronuli c̣erili) — message sent through email
  • Georgian: ელწერილი (elc̣erili) — message sent through email
  • Georgian: იმეილი (imeili) — message sent through email
  • German: E-Mail — message sent through email
  • German: Mail — message sent through email
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο (ilektronikó tachydromeío) — message sent through email
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονικό μήνυμα (ilektronikó mínyma) — message sent through email
  • Haitian Creole: kouryèl — message sent through email
  • Hebrew: דוא״ל (do'al) — message sent through email
  • Hindi: ई-मेल (ī-mel) — message sent through email
  • Hindi: ईमेल (īmel) — message sent through email
  • Hindi: ई-पत्र (ī-patra) — message sent through email
  • Hungarian: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Hungarian: ímél — message sent through email
  • Icelandic: tölvubréf — message sent through email
  • Icelandic: tölvupóstur — message sent through email
  • Ido: e-posto — message sent through email
  • Ido: e-letro — message sent through email
  • Indonesian: surel — message sent through email
  • Irish: ríomhphost — message sent through email
  • Italian: messaggio di posta elettronica — message sent through email
  • Italian: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Italian: mail — message sent through email
  • Japanese: 電子メール (denshi mēru) — message sent through email
  • Japanese: Eメール (īmēru) — message sent through email
  • Japanese: イーメール (īmēru) — message sent through email
  • Japanese: メール (mēru) — message sent through email
  • Javanese: ꦮꦶꦢꦾꦸꦠ꧀ꦛꦶꦏ (widyutthika) — message sent through email
  • Kannada: ಮಿಂಚೆ (miñce) — message sent through email
  • Khmer: អ៊ីមែល (ʼiimɛɛl) — message sent through email
  • Khmer: អ-សារ (ʼɑɑʼaʼsaa) — message sent through email
  • Korean: 전자메일 (jeonjameil) — message sent through email
  • Korean: 전자우편 (jeonjaupyeon) — message sent through email
  • Korean: 이메일 (imeil) — message sent through email
  • Korean: 메일 (meil) — message sent through email
  • Lao: ອີແມລ (ʼī mǣn) — message sent through email
  • Latin: epistula electronica — message sent through email
  • Latvian: e-pasts — message sent through email
  • Lithuanian: elektroninis paštas — message sent through email
  • Macedonian: електронска порака (elektronska poraka) — message sent through email
  • Macedonian: електронско писмо (elektronsko pismo) — message sent through email
  • Malay: e-mel — message sent through email
  • Māori: karere ā-rorohiko — message sent through email
  • Mongolian: и-мэйл (i-mejl) — message sent through email
  • Norman: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Norwegian Bokmål: e-post — message sent through email
  • Norwegian Bokmål: e-brev — message sent through email
  • Iranian Persian: ایمِیل (imeyl) — message sent through email
  • Polish: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Polish: mejl — message sent through email
  • Polish: mail — message sent through email
  • Portuguese: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Portuguese: correio eletrónico — message sent through email
  • Portuguese: correio eletrônico — message sent through email
  • Romanian: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Romanian: e-mail mesaj — message sent through email
  • Russian: име́йл (imɛ́jl) — message sent through email
  • Russian: мейл (mɛjl) — message sent through email
  • Russian: сообще́ние (soobščénije) — message sent through email
  • Russian: письмо́ (pisʹmó) — message sent through email
  • Russian: электро́нное письмо́ (elektrónnoje pisʹmó) — message sent through email
  • Scottish Gaelic: post-dealain — message sent through email
  • Serbo-Croatian: e-pošta — message sent through email
  • Serbo-Croatian: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Slovak: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Slovene: elektronska pošta — message sent through email
  • Spanish: correo electrónico — message sent through email
  • Spanish: correo — message sent through email
  • Swedish: e-post — message sent through email
  • Swedish: mail — message sent through email
  • Swedish: mejl — message sent through email
  • Swedish: e-brev — message sent through email
  • Swedish: brev — message sent through email
  • Tamil: மின்னஞ்சல் (miṉṉañcal) — message sent through email
  • Thai: อีเมล (ii-meel) — message sent through email
  • Thai: อีเมล์ (ii-meel) — message sent through email
  • Thai: ไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (bprai-sà-nii-ì-lék-trɔɔ-nìk) — message sent through email
  • Turkish: e-posta — message sent through email
  • Turkish: e-mail — message sent through email
  • Turkish: elektronik posta — message sent through email
  • Ukrainian: іме́йл (iméjl) — message sent through email
  • Ukrainian: мейл (mejl) — message sent through email
  • Ukrainian: електро́нний лист (elektrónnyj lyst) — message sent through email
  • Urdu: ای میل (ī mel) — message sent through email
  • Urdu: بَرْقی ڈاک (barqī ḍāk) — message sent through email
  • Urdu: بَرْقی خَط (barqī xat) — message sent through email
  • Uzbek: email — message sent through email
  • Vietnamese: thư điện tử — message sent through email
  • Vietnamese: email — message sent through email
  • Vietnamese: thơ điện tử — message sent through email
  • Vietnamese: điện thư — message sent through email
  • Walloon: emile — message sent through email
  • Walloon: mailete — message sent through email
  • Walloon: emilaedje — message sent through email
  • Welsh: e-bost — message sent through email
  • Yiddish: בליצבריוו (blitsbriv) — message sent through email
  • Yiddish: בליצבריוול (blitsbrivl) — message sent through email
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電郵地址 /电邮地址 (din6 jau4 dei6 zi2) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵箱 /邮箱 (yóuxiāng) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電郵地址 /电邮地址 (diànyóu dìzhǐ) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Dutch: e-mailadres — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Esperanto: retpoŝtadreso — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Finnish: sähköpostiosoite — email address — see also e-mail address
  • French: adresse courriel — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Galician: enderezo de correo electrónico — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Georgian: ელექტრონული ფოსტის მისამართი (elekṭronuli posṭis misamarti) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Georgian: ელფოსტის მისამართი (elposṭis misamarti) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Georgian: ელფოსტა (elposṭa) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • German: E-Mail-Adresse — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Hebrew: אימייל — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Hebrew: אִימֵיְל (ímeil) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Hungarian: e-mail-cím — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Hungarian: ímélcím — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Ido: e-posto — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Ido: e-adreso — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Italian: indirizzo di posta elettronica — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Italian: indirizzo e-mail — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Japanese: メールアドレス (mēru adoresu) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Japanese: メアド (meado) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Latin: inscriptio electronica — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Iranian Persian: آدْرِسِ ایمِیل (âdres-e imeyl) — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Polish: e-mail — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Polish: mejl — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Polish: adres mailowy — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Polish: adres mejlowy — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Polish: mail — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Portuguese: e-mail — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Portuguese: endereço eletrónico — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Portuguese: endereço eletrônico — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Romanian: adresă e-mail — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Spanish: dirección de correo electrónico — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Swedish: e-postadress — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Vietnamese: địa chỉ thư điện tử — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Vietnamese: địa chỉ thơ điện tử — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Vietnamese: địa chỉ điện thư — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Walloon: emile — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Walloon: adresse éndjolike — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Welsh: e-bost — email address — see also e-mail address
  • Afrikaans: e-pos — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發郵件 /发邮件 (fā yóujiàn) — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳送電子郵件 /传送电子邮件 (chuánsòng diànzǐ yóujiàn) — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Dutch: e-mailen — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Dutch: mailen — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Esperanto: retpoŝti — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Finnish: lähettää sähköposti — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Finnish: meilata — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • French: envoyer un courriel — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • French: courrieller — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • French: e-mailer — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Galician: enviar un correo electrónico — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • German: mailen — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Hindi: वि-पत्र भेजना (vi-patra bhejnā) — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Hungarian: e-mailt ír/küld — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Ido: e-postar — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Japanese: メールする (mēru suru) — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Korean: 메일을 보내다 (meir-eul bonaeda) — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Māori: īmēra — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Norman: e-mailer — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Polish: mailować — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Polish: mejlować — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Portuguese: mandar/enviar e-mail (para) — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Spanish: enviar un correo electrónico — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Spanish: mensajear — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Swedish: e-posta — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Swedish: maila — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Swedish: mejla — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Vietnamese: gửi điện thư — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Vietnamese: gửi thư điện tử — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Vietnamese: gửi điện — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Walloon: emiler — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Welsh: e-bostio — (transitive) to send an email or emails to
  • Afrikaans: e-pos — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Chinese Cantonese: e — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Finnish: lähettää sähköpostilla — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Finnish: meilata — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • French: envoyer par courriel — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • French: courrieller — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • German: mailen — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Hungarian: elküld — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Hungarian: átküld — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Italian: inviare via e-mail/mail — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Italian: inviare per e-mail/mail — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Māori: īmēra — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Portuguese: mandar por email — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Walloon: emiler — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Walloon: remiler — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Welsh: e-bostio — (transitive) to send (something) through email
  • Afrikaans: e-pos — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Dutch: e-mailen — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Dutch: mailen — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Finnish: lähettää sähköpostia — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Finnish: meilata — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • French: envoyer un courriel — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • French: courrieller — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Galician: enviar un correo electrónico — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • German: mailen — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Hungarian: e-mailezik — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Hungarian: levelezik — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Hungarian: e-maileket vált — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Italian: scrivere un'e-mail/una mail — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Italian: inviare un'e-mail/una mail — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Māori: īmēra — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Norman: e-mailer — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Portuguese: mandar/enviar e-mail — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Russian: посла́ть име́йл (poslátʹ iméjl) — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Spanish: enviar un correo electrónico — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
  • Welsh: e-bostio — (intransitive) to send, or compose and send, an email or emails
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