Meaning

19 senses

  1. (countable, regional, uncountable)A bag or wallet.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.

    any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

  3. (countable, uncountable)The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.

    Meronym: mailpiece

    Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.

    the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

  4. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.

    (US, uncountable)The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.

    It should be in your mail today, unless the post office lost it!

    Post

    по́чтаpóčta, корреспонде́нцияkorrespondéncija

    по́штаpóšta, кореспонде́нціяkorespondéncija

  5. (countable, dated, uncountable)A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The postal service or system in general.

    He decided to send his declaration by mail.

    Post

    по́чтаpóčta

    по́штаpóšta

    a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system

  7. (uncountable)Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.

    Yahoo Mail has been providing mail service since 1997.

    E-Mail

    электро́нная по́чтаelektrónnaja póčta, по́чтаpóčta, мы́лоmýlo

  8. (uncountable)Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).

    You've got mail [old audio clip announcing new email in the 1990s-2000s]

  9. (India, countable, especially)An email message.

    Please look through those mails and confirm whether you received the one about scheduling.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

  11. (uncountable, usually)Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.

    Ringpanzerhemd, Kettengeflecht, Kettenpanzer

    кольчу́гаkolʹčúga

    кольчу́гаkolʹčúha

    (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

  12. (broadly, uncountable, usually)Armour consisting of small plates linked together.

Examples

742 sentences

  1. Will you send it by mail?

    Ти пришлеш його поштою?

    ruТы пошлёшь это почтой?

    deWirst du es mit der Post schicken?

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  2. I'll send the book by mail.

    Я надішлю книгу поштою.

    ruЯ пошлю книгу по почте.

    deIch schicke das Buch per Post.

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  3. Please remember to mail this letter.

    Будь ласка, не забудь відправити цього листа.

    ruПожалуйста, не забудьте отправить это письмо.

    deBitte vergiss nicht, diesen Brief abzuschicken.

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  4. Don't forget to mail the letter.

    Не забудь відправити листа.

    ruНе забудь послать письмо.

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  5. My e-mail address has been changed.

    Моя електронна адреса змінилася.

    ruУ меня изменился адрес электронной почты.

    deMeine E-Mail-Adresse hat sich geändert.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
organisation:
parcels and letters:
armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together:
Русский
By meaning 4
organisation:
parcels and letters:
electronic mail:
armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
organisation:
electronic mail:
armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together:

Origin

From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Fr

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.

From Middle English mayle (“mail armor”), borrowed from Old French maille (“loop, stitch”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“blemish, mesh”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“smear, rub”). Compare maillot.

From Middle English mal, male from Old English māl (“speech, contract, agreement”) from Old Norse mál (“agreement, speech, lawsuit”). Akin to Old English mǣl (“speech”). Related to Old English mǣlan (mell), maþelian (“to speak out, declare”). From *maþlą (“meeting-place”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”), if so, related to meet, and moot.

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Forms

plural: mails

Synonyms

11 synonyms
postA1emailA1snail mail
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
emailA1

Word family

109 related words
Relatedmailed
DerivedemailA1mailboxB1accountable mailadmailadvertising mailaeromailairmailballoon mailbarfmailbicycle mailbugmailbuttock mailcertified mailcybermaildirect maildogsled mailechomailelectronic maile-mail addressfacemailfakemailfan mailflamemailfreemail

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • mail this letter
  • mail the letter
  • to mail this
  • remember to mail
  • forget to mail
  • e mail
  • in the mail
  • please mail this
  • to mail the
  • please mail
  • registered mail
  • need to mail

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
maidmaidenmailboxB1mailermailmanmaim
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