Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.

    Near-synonyms: voice mailbox, voicemailbox

    a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed

  2. (broadly, countable)An individual message on such a system.

    Voicemail, Anrufbeantworter

    голосова́я по́чтаgolosovája póčta, автоотве́тчикavtootvétčik, войс-ме́йлvojs-mɛ́jl

    голосова́ по́штаholosová póšta, автовідповіда́чavtovidpovidáč

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Did you listen to my voicemail?

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  2. Tom listened to the message Mary had left on his voicemail.

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  3. Tom received a voicemail.

    ruТом получил голосовое сообщение.

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  4. Have you checked your voicemail?

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  5. I hate listening to voicemail.

    deIch hasse es, mir Sprachnachrichten anzuhören.

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From voice + mail, genericized trademark.

From voice + mail, genericized trademark.

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Forms

plural: voicemails
Singularvoicemail
Pluralvoicemails

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed:voice mail

Word family

2 related words

See also

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