Mail

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Transitive verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Related terms 2 Romansch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

English

Etymology

Postal mail: Middle English male "bag, mail", from Old French male, from a Germanic source, from Proto-Indo-European *molko- "leather pouch".

Mail armor: 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".

Pronunciation

AHD	māl
IPA	/meɪl/
SAMPA	/meIl/

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Homophones

• male

Noun

mail (Uncountable)

1. regular delivery of letters and small parcels, see also post
2. the organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail)
3. the letters and parcels delivered by such service
4. abbreviated from “electronic mail”, a store and forward message service on a computer, often using the Internet
5. armour consisting of metal rings linked together

Synonyms

• post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)

Translations

Bosnian: pošta f (1-4) Finnish: posti (1, 2, 4); rengaspanssari (chain mail) (5) 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) Russian: почта (1, 2, 3, 4), кольчуга (5) Serbian: Cyrillic: пошта f (1-4) Latin: pošta f (1-4)

Transitive verb

to mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past mailed, past participle mailed)

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

Synonyms

• post
• send

Translations

Arabic: بريد Bosnian: poslati Finnish: postittaa Interlingua: postar, inviar

Portuguese: postar, enviar, remeter, expedir Serbian: Cyrillic: послати Latin: poslati

Adjective

mail

1. made of armoured material (a mail shirt)
2. of or pertaining to mail/post

Translations

armoured

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

Portuguese: de malha

pertaining to mail/post

Bosnian: poštanski

Serbian: Cyrillic: поштански Latin: poštanski

Related terms

• air mail
• chain mail
• mailer

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Romansch

Etymology

Latin malum

Noun

mail

1. applees:mail

fr:mail io:mail it:mail fi:mail ta:mail zh:mail