Mail Definition
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English
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Etymology 1
From Middle English male (“bag, mail”), from Old French male (“bag, wallet”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Cognate with Old High German malha, malaha, Middle Dutch male (“bag”), Old Norse malr (“sack, pouch”).
Noun
mail (countable and uncountable; plural mails)
- (uncountable) regular delivery of letters and small parcels.
- (not used in plural form) An organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail)
- A single batch of mail picked up or delivered by such a service
- Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.
- 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: ¶ […]
- 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.
- See mails.
- (uncountable) electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages
Synonyms
- (regular deliver of letters and small parcels): post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)
Derived terms
terms derived from mail
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Translations
regular delivery of letters and small parcels
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Verb
mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)
- (transitive) to send (a letter or parcel) through the mail
Synonyms
- (send through the mail): post
Derived terms
Translations
to send via the postEtymology 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
Mailmail (uncountable)
- (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
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Adjective
mail (not comparable)
- (Can we verify() this sense?) made of armoured material (a mail shirt)
Translations
armoured
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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 forms
- maill
Noun
mail (plural mails)
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːl
Verb
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
From English mile (“imperial measure of distance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /maɪl/
Noun
References
French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /maj/
Etymology 1
Latin malleus (“hammer”)
Noun
mail m. (plural mails)
- mallet
- (sports, historical) pall mall
- mall, promenade
- (Quebec) mall, shopping mall
Etymology 2
From English email
Noun
mail m. (plural mails)
Synonyms
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
English
Noun
mail f. inv.
Anagrams
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin mālum. Compare Romanian măr.
Noun
mail m. (plural mails)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) apple
Synonyms
- (Puter) pom
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