mail

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, regional, uncountable) A bag or wallet.
2. (countable, uncountable) A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
3. (countable, uncountable) The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
4. (US, uncountable) The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
5. (countable, dated, uncountable) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
6. (countable, uncountable) The postal service or system in general.
7. (uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
8. (uncountable) Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
9. (India, countable, especially) An email message.
10. (countable, uncountable) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

Verb

1. (ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
2. (ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
3. (transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.

Verb

1. (transitive) To arm with mail.
2. (transitive) To pinion.

Opposite of

email, mail

Synonyms

post

send

letter

postal service

post office

🏣

armour

correspondence

chain mail

postal

dispatch

chain armour

ring mail

coat of mail

ring armour

book

📖

get off

hauberk

paper

mail service

send in

transmit

email

📧

piece of mail

remit

mail out

ring armor

chain armor

letters

notebook

📓

chain-mail shirt

habergeon

maille

ironclad

job

lodge

mailed

mailing

office

🏢

pack

panoply

panzer

chain maille

position

by mail

postage

breastplate

beam

armory

post-office

project

Translations

courrier

poste

🏣

Post

posta

correo

correio

post

ταχυδρομείο

correu

spedire

αλληλογραφία

poster

posterijen

ταχυδρομώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: male

Cognate with Dutch: maal

Inherited from Middle English: mayle

Inherited from Middle English: mal

Inherited from Old English: māl

Cognate with Old English: mǣl

Cognate with Old English: mǣlan

In summary

From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Compare Dutch maal.