email

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network.
2. (uncountable) The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
3. (countable) A message being sent through email.
4. (countable, informal) An email address.

Verb

1. (transitive) To send an email or emails to.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To send (data) through email.
3. (intransitive) To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails.

Concepts

courriel

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e-mail

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courrier électronique

mél

messagerie électronique

courrier

email

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mail

courrieller

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envoyer par courriel

envoyer par e-mail

mel

message électronique

Opposé de

mail, post#Noun, snail mail, mailpiece#Noun

Synonymes

electronic mail

e-mail

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netmail

𐐨𐑋𐐩𐑊

mail

E-mail

electronic message

Traductions

E-Mail

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correo electrónico

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e-mail

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posta elettronica

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e-mail

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e-posta

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correu electrònic

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correio electrónico

e-mail

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elektronische Post

Email

email

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ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈiːmeɪl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).