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Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: postal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant'
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: third-class mail, third class
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
垃圾郵件 /垃圾邮件
(lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Chinese Mandarin:
垃圾信
(lājīxìn, lèsèxìn)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Finnish:
roskaposti
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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French:
pourriel
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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French:
courrier indésirable
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Georgian:
არასასურველი ელწერილი
(arasasurveli elc̣erili)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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German:
Junk-Mail
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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German:
unerwünschte Post
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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German:
Junkmail
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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German:
Spammail
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Hebrew:
דֹּאַר זֶבֶל
(dóar zével)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Hungarian:
levélszemét
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Japanese:
ジャンクメール
(jankumēru)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Japanese:
迷惑メール
(meiwaku-mēru)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Korean:
정크 메일
(jeongkeu meil)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Māori:
mēra paraurehe
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Polish:
spam
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Portuguese:
lixo postal
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Portuguese:
lixo eletrônico
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Russian:
макулату́рная по́чта
(makulatúrnaja póčta)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Russian:
почто́вая макулату́ра
(počtóvaja makulatúra)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Russian:
нежела́тельная по́чта
(neželátelʹnaja póčta)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Russian:
почто́вый му́сор
(počtóvyj músor)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Russian:
джанк-ме́йл
(džank-mɛ́jl)
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Spanish:
correo basura
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Swedish:
skräppost
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
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Turkish:
istenmeyen posta
— mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited
