A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the…A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
» Have you checked your email today?
Ты сегодня проверял почту?
Вы сегодня проверяли почту?
Ти сьогодні перевіряв пошту?
Ти сьогодні перевіряла пошту?
Ви сьогодні перевіряли пошту?
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
He sent me his details via email.
The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.
E-Mail
электро́нная по́чтаelektrónnaja póčta, име́йлimɛ́jl, мейлmɛjl
електро́нна по́штаelektrónna póšta, іме́йлiméjl, мейлmejl
a message sent over the internet via the email system
(uncountable)The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
I am searching through my old email.
My inbox used to allow only 50 MB of email at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GBs!
an identifier that a person uses as their identity to communicate on the email system
(countable)A message being sent through email.
He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting.
I archive my old emails using a cloud-based service.
E-Mail, Mail
име́йлimɛ́jl, мейлmɛjl, сообще́ниеsoobščénije
іме́йлiméjl, мейлmejl, електро́нний листelektrónnyj lyst
(countable, informal)An email address.
What’s your email?
In this system, your username is your email.
E-Mail-Adresse
(obsolete, rare)Enamel (“an opaque, glossy coating”).
Examples
697 sentencesHave you checked your email today?
Ти сьогодні перевіряв пошту?
ruТы сегодня проверял почту?
Tom, tell me your email address.
Томе, скажи мені свою адресу електронної пошти.
Tom hasn't yet answered my email.
Том ще не відповів на мій імейл.
Tom hasn't answered my email yet.
Том ще не відповів на мій імейл.
Tom sent an email to me.
Том відправив мені імейл.
deTom hat mir eine E-Mail geschickt.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émailBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: emailsSynonyms
7 synonyms- (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in:electronic maile-mail
- a message sent over the internet via the email system:email messagee-mail messagee-mail
- an identifier that a person uses as their identity to communicate on the email system:email addresse-mail addresse-mail
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Informal messages and emails — Because the lesson uses it
- B1Technology and the internet — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
11 patterns- an an email
- email address
- your email address
- my email address
- check your email
- checked his email
- an email from
- email messages
- an email to
- sent that email
- the email that