different between mail vs postcode
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US, Canada)
- enPR: m?l
- IPA(key): /me?l/, [me???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: male
Etymology 1
From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malh? (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Compare Dutch maal.
Noun
mail (countable and uncountable, plural mails)
- (now regional) A bag or wallet. [from 13thc.]
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
- What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male!
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
- A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
- The material conveyed by the postal service. [from 17thc.]
- 1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition, T. Kaye, page 96,
- The following are the hours at which the letter-box of this office is closed for making up the several mails, and the hours at which each mail is despatched: ¶ […]
- 1887, John Houston Merrill (editor), The American and English Encyclopædia of Law, Volume I, Edward Thompson, p.121,
- If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.
- 1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition, T. Kaye, page 96,
- (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
- The postal service or system in general. [from 17thc.]
- Synonym: (UK, Ireland) post
- (chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]
- (uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]
- A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
- “Fetch me the little private mail with the padlocks, that I recommended to your particular charge — d'ye hear?”
Usage notes
In the United States, mails (plural) can mean "the postal system".
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)
- (ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
- (ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
- Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
- 1983, "Donn Seeley", Source for 'Grab' (on newsgroup net.unix-wizards)
- There has been a crackdown on non-ARPA use of a local ARPA gateway, so I am reluctant to attempt to mail the file to ARPA sites.
- 1998, "Michael Tomsett", Re: Multiple postings? (on newsgroup alt.music.manics)
- Since .mp3's are so big (well for me with a 33.6kp/s connection they are anyway) maybe you should offer on your site to mail the file to people who want it, and have them request it, thus saving your web space, your upload time and their download time […]
- 2003, "Chrissy", Re: Send mail with attachment (on newsgroup microsoft.public.excel.programming)
- If you mail an attachment from one mail client then it does not matter if the receiver uses a different mail client. The mail you send should be able to be read from their mail client.
- (transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
- I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.
- 2000, "Carlton Alton Deltree", Whoever did this sucks... (on newsgroup alt.comp.virus)
- I was horrified but my data was OK. Then, it saw it open my e-mail package and start to mail my friends. I turned the power off.
- 2002, Jessica Mann, The voice from the grave, page 189:
- 'Yes, at Quantico. She was so excited by it, she sent all those emails, you remember I told you about it -' 'Yes, she mailed me from there too.'
- 2011, Rose Budworth-Levine, Intimate Encounters, page 41:
- He mailed me and said he had managed to hack into my email accounts.
Synonyms
- (send through the mail): post
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- Thai: ???? (mee)
Etymology 2
From Middle English maille (“mail armor”), borrowed from Old French maille (“loop, stitch”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“blemish, mesh”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh?-tleh?, from *smeh?- (“smear, rub”).
Alternative forms
- maille
Noun
mail (usually uncountable, plural mails)
- (uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
- (nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
- Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
- 1716, John Gay, Epistle to the Earl of Burlington
- We […] strip the lobster of his scarlet mail.
- 1716, John Gay, Epistle to the Earl of Burlington
- (obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
- 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler:
- the moorish-fly; made with the body of duskish wool; and the wings made of the blackish mail of the drake
- 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler:
Derived terms
Related terms
- mailed
Translations
Verb
mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)
- (transitive) To arm with mail.
- (transitive) To pinion.
Etymology 3
From Middle English mal, male from Old English m?l (“speech, contract, agreement”) from Old Norse mál (“agreement, speech, lawsuit”). Akin to Old English m?l (“speech”). Related to Old English m?lan (mell), maþelian (“to speak out, declare”). From *maþl? (“meeting-place”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh?d- (“to encounter, come”), if so related to meet, and moot.
Alternative forms
- maile, maill, maille
Noun
mail (plural mails)
- (historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
- (chiefly Scotland) A monetary payment or tribute.
- (chiefly Scotland) Rent.
- (chiefly Scotland) Tax.
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Alim, Liam, Lima, Mali, Mila, alim, lima, mali
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin milium.
Noun
mail m
- millet
- birdseed
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English email.
Noun
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?l
Verb
- first-person singular present indicative of mailen
- imperative of mailen
Estonian
Noun
- adessive plural of maa
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from English mile (“imperial measure of distance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?l/
Noun
- mile
References
- Fiji Hindi Dictionary
French
Etymology 1
From Latin malleus (“hammer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maj/
Noun
mail m (plural mails)
- maul
- (sports, historical) pall mall mallet
- (by extension) pall mall
- mall, promenade
- (Quebec) mall, shopping mall
Derived terms
- maillet
Related terms
- malléable
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English email.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?l/, /m?jl/
Noun
mail m (plural mails)
- (informal) email
Synonyms
- courriel
- mél
Anagrams
- lima
Further reading
- “mail” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Verb
- singular imperative of mailen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of mailen
Gothic
Romanization
- Romanization of ????????????????
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English mail.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?jl/, /?mejl/
Noun
mail f (invariable)
- (colloquial) email
Derived terms
- mail spazzatura (“spam mail”)
Further reading
- mail in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- almi
- lami
- lima
- mali, Mali
- mila
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?jl/
Noun
mail m inan
- Alternative form of mejl.
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) mailowa?
- (adjective) mailowy
Related terms
- (noun) mailing
Further reading
- mail in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- mail in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan, Surmiran) meil
- (Sutsilvan) mel
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *melum, from Latin m?lum. Compare Friulian mêl, Romanian m?r.
Noun
mail m (plural mails)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) apple
Synonyms
- (Puter) pom
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?meil/, [?mei?l]
Noun
mail m (plural mailes)
- email
- Synonyms: correo, correo electrónico, email
Swedish
Noun
mail n
- Alternative spelling of mejl
Declension
Anagrams
- Liam, Lima, Mali, mila
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English mile.
Noun
- mile
mail From the web:
- what mail cannot be forwarded
- what mail is coming today
- what mail runs on sunday
- what mail requires a signature
- what mail gets forwarded
- what mail comes from the department of treasury
- what mail is delivered on sunday
- what mailing zone am i in
postcode
English
Etymology
From post +? code.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??s(t)k??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?po?s(t)?ko?d/
- Hyphenation: post?code
Noun
postcode (plural postcodes)
- (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
- (by extension) The region denoted by a postcode.
Derived terms
- postcode lottery
Translations
See also
- postal code
- zip code (for US addresses)
Verb
postcode (third-person singular simple present postcodes, present participle postcoding, simple past and past participle postcoded)
- (Britain) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.
Anagrams
- topcodes
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of post +? code.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?st?ko?.d?/
- Hyphenation: post?co?de
Noun
postcode m (plural postcodes)
- A postcode, a postal code.
postcode From the web:
- what postcode am i in
- what postcode mean
- what postcode is chelsea
- what postcode is brixton
- what postcode is bx9 1as
- what postcode is hackney
- what postcode is lucan
- what postcodes are in the london congestion zone
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