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English
Etymology 1
The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i?me?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?i?me?l/
- Rhymes: -i?me?l
Noun
email (countable and uncountable, plural emails) (computing)
- (uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.
- Antonym: snail mail
- (uncountable) A quantity of messages sent through an email system.
- (countable) A message sent through an email system.
- (countable, informal) An email address.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
email (third-person singular simple present emails, present participle emailing, simple past and past participle emailed)
- (transitive) To send an email or emails to.
- (transitive, may take two objects) To send (something) through email.
- (intransitive) To send, or compose and send, an email or emails.
Translations
See also
- webmail
Etymology 2
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?-m?l?, IPA(key): /??me?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
email (plural emails)
- (obsolete, rare) Enamel (“an opaque, glossy coating”).
Alternative forms
- emayle
Derived terms
- email ink
- emailled (adjective)
Related terms
- email ombrant
References
Further reading
- email on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lamie, ameli, maile
Czech
Alternative forms
Noun
email m
- enamel
- (informal) email (electronic communication)
Usage notes
Some institutions discourage this spelling of electronic communication in favor of e-mail.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French émail, from Old French esmal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e??m?i?/
- Hyphenation: email
Noun
email n (uncountable)
- enamel
- Synonym: emaus
- (heraldry) tincture
Derived terms
- emailleren
Related terms
- emaus
- smalt
- smelten
Anagrams
- maile
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English email.
Noun
email m (plural emails)
- (informal) email
Synonyms
- courriel
- courrier électronique
See also
- émail
Anagrams
- maile, mailé, mêlai
Hungarian
Etymology
From French émail, from Old French esmal, from Frankish *smalt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??m?jil], [??ma?j], [??ma?jl]
- Hyphenation: email
Noun
email (plural emailok)
- enamel, glaze (an opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects)
- Synonym: zománc
- enamel (the hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth)
- Synonym: fogzománc
Declension
Derived terms
- emailíroz
- emailos
See also
References
- Laczkó, Krisztina and Attila Mártonfi. Helyesírás (’Orthography’). Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, 2006. ?ISBN
Further reading
- email in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Italian
Noun
email m or f (invariable)
- email
- Synonym: e-mail
Derived terms
- emailare
Anagrams
- amile, malie
Romanian
Etymology 1
From French émail.
Noun
email n (plural emailuri)
- enamel
Declension
Etymology 2
From English email.
Noun
email n (plural emailuri)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?imeil/, [?i.mei?l]
Noun
email m (plural emails)
- email address
email From the web:
- what emails are there
- what email should i use
- what email address
- what email service is owned by microsoft
- what email does apple use
- what email does paypal use
- what email is @me
- what email is hotmail
sms
Danish
Noun
sms c (singular definite sms'en, plural indefinite sms'er)
- text message sent by a cell phone
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
sms
- first-person singular present indicative of sms'en
- imperative of sms'en
Noun
sms m (plural sms'en, diminutive sms'je n)
- SMS, a service for sending text messages on a cellular telephone system
- a text message, an SMS message
Spanish
Noun
sms m (plural sms)
- SMS, text
Swedish
Noun
sms n
- text message, an SMS message
Declension
Derived terms
- sms:a
Zazaki
Noun
sms c
- text message, an SMS message
sms From the web:
- what sms mean
- what sms stands for
- what sms mean in text
- what sms messages
- what sms mean on facebook
- what sms stand for on cell phones
- what sms and mms stand for
- what sms code
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