Mail

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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: māl, IPA: /meɪl/, SAMPA: /meIl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophones: male

Etymology 1

From Middle English male (“‘bag, mail’”), from Old French male "bag, wallet", of Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Mail]] origin, from Template:Frk[[Category:Template:Frk derivations|Mail]] *malha from Proto-Germanic *malho- (“‘bag, pouch’”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“‘leather pouch’”). Akin to Old High German malaha, malha "wallet, bag", Template:Dum [[male#Template:Dum|male]] "bag".

Noun

Singular Mail

Plural mails

Mail (mails)

1. (uncountable) regular delivery of letters and small parcels, see also post
2. Template:Singularonly the organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail)
3. (now rare) a single batch of mail picked up by such a service
   • 1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition,^[1] 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: ¶ Template:...

   • 1887, John Houston Merrill (editor), The American and English Encyclopædia of Law, Volume I,^[2] Edward Thompson, page 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.

4. See mails.
5. (uncountable) electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages

Synonyms

• post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)

Derived terms

terms derived from mail

accountable mail air mail chain mail e-mail email electronic mail fan mail hate mail

junk mail mailbag mail boat mail bomb mailbox mail carrier mail fraud

mailman mailmerge mail order mail plane mail relay mailroom mail slot

mail stop mail train mail truck snail mail voice mail vote-by-mail webmail

Translations

regular delivery of letters and small parcels

Arabic: بريد ar(ar) (barīd) m. Armenian: փոստ hy(hy) (p'ost) Chinese: 邮件 (yóujiàn) Czech: pošta cs(cs) f. Dutch: post nl(nl) f. Finnish: posti fi(fi) French: courrier fr(fr) m. German: Post de(de) f. Greek: ταχυδρομείο el(el) (tachydromío) n.

Hungarian: posta hu(hu) Italian: posta it(it) f. Japanese: 郵便 ja(ja) (yūbin) Korean: 우편물 ko(ko) (upyeonmul) Lithuanian: paštas lt(lt) m. Portuguese: correio pt(pt) m. Russian: почта ru(ru) (póčta) f. Spanish: correo es(es) m. Swedish: post sv(sv) c.

organisation

Armenian: փոստ hy(hy) (p'ost) Czech: pošta cs(cs) f. Finnish: posti fi(fi) French: poste fr(fr) f. German: Post de(de) f.

Greek: ταχυδρομείο el(el) (tachydromío) n. Italian: posta it(it) f. Lithuanian: paštas lt(lt) m. Russian: почта ru(ru) (póčta) f. Swedish: post sv(sv) c.

parcels and letters

Czech: pošta cs(cs) f. Finnish: posti fi(fi) Greek: αλληλογραφία el(el) (alilografía) f., ταχυδρομείο el(el) (tachydromío) n. Italian: posta it(it) f.

Lithuanian: paštas lt(lt) m. Russian: почта ru(ru) (póčta) f., корреспонденция ru(ru) f. Swedish: post sv(sv) c.

electronic mail

Danish: mail da(da), e-mail da(da), e-post da(da) Finnish: meilit fi(fi) Greek: ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο el(el) (ilektronikó tachydromío) n.

Italian: posta it(it) f., posta elettronica it(it) f., e-mail it(it) f. Russian: электронная почта ru(ru) (elektrónnaja póčta) f., почта ru(ru) (póčta) f., мыло ru(ru) (mýlo) n. (slang)

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Bosnian: pošta f. (1-4) Hebrew: דואר (do'ar) Interlingua: posta (1, 2, 4); currero, correspondentia (3); malia (5)

Portuguese: correio m., (rare:) posta f. (1, 2, 3, 4); correspondência f. (3); malha f. (5) Serbian: Cyrillic: пошта f. (1-4) Roman: pošta f. (1-4)

Verb

Infinitive to Mail

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Mail (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) to send (a letter or parcel) through the mail

Synonyms

• post
• send

Derived terms

• mailer
• mailing

Translations

to send via the post

Arabic: بريد ar(ar) Bosnian: poslati bs(bs) Finnish: postittaa fi(fi) Greek: ταχυδρομώ el(el) (takhiδromó) Hungarian: levél hu(hu)

Interlingua: postar ia(ia), inviar ia(ia) Italian: inviare it(it), impostare it(it) Portuguese: postar pt(pt), enviar pt(pt), remeter pt(pt), expedir pt(pt) Serbian: послати sr(sr) (poslati)

Adjective

Mail (not comparable)

Positive Mail

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. of or pertaining to mail/post

Translations

pertaining to mail/post

Bosnian: poštanski bs(bs) Russian: почтовый ru(ru) (počtóvyj)

Serbian: поштански sr(sr) (poštanski)

Etymology 2

From Middle English maille (“‘mail armor’”), from Old French maille, from Latin macula (“‘blemish, mesh’”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“‘smear, rub’”).

Noun

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Mail

Singular Mail

Plural -

Mail (-)

1. (uncountable) armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.

Derived terms

• chain mail
• plate mail
• scale mail
• mailed

Translations

armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together

Finnish: rengaspanssari fi(fi) Hungarian: páncél hu(hu)

Latin: sūta la(la) n. pl. Russian: кольчуга ru(ru) (kol'čúga) f.

Adjective

Mail (not comparable)

Positive Mail

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. made of armoured material (a mail shirt)

Translations

armoured

Finnish: rengaspanssari- (chain mail) (prefix in compound words) Interlingua: de malia

Portuguese: de malha

Etymology 3

Middle English mal, male from Old English māl "speech, contract, agreement" from Old Norse māl "agreement, speech, lawsuit". Akin to Old English mǣl "speech"

Alternative spellings

• maill

Noun

Singular Mail

Plural {{{1}}}

Mail ({{{1}}})

1. (Chiefly Scottish) a monetary payment or tribute
2. rent
3. tax

Anagrams

• ailm,
• alim
• Liam
• Lima
• Mali

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Dutch

Verb

Mail

1. The first-person singular present indicative of mailen.
2. The imperative of mailen.

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Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From English mile (“‘imperial measure of distance’”).

Pronunciation

• [[w:Template:Hif phonology|IPA]]: /maɪl/

Noun

Mail [[Category:Template:Hif nouns|Mail]]

1. mile

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maj/

Etymology 1

Latin malleus (“‘hammer’”)

Noun

Mail m. (plural Mails)

1. mallet
2. Template:Sport pall mall
3. mall, promenade
4. Template:Quebec mall, shopping mall

Etymology 2

From English email

Noun

Mail m. (plural Mails)

1. email

Synonyms

• mél

Anagrams

• ailm,
• lima

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

mail f. inv.

1. email

Anagrams

• ailm,
• almi
• lami
• lima
• mali, Mali
• mila

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin malum. Compare Romanian măr.

Noun

Mail [[Category:Template:Rm nouns|Mail]]

1. apple

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