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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English male (“‘bag, mail’”), from Old French male "bag, wallet", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *malha from Proto-Germanic *malho- (“‘bag, pouch’”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“‘leather pouch’”). Akin to Old High German malaha, malha "wallet, bag", Middle Dutch male "bag".
Noun
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Singular mail |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural mails |
mail (countable and uncountable; plural mails)
- (uncountable) regular delivery of letters and small parcels, see also post
- (not used in plural form) the organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail)
- (now rare) a single batch of mail picked up by such a service
- 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.
- 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,
- See mails.
- (uncountable) electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages
Synonyms
- post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)
Derived terms
terms derived from mail
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Translations
regular delivery of letters and small parcels- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Verb
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Infinitive to mail |
Third person singular mails |
Simple past mailed |
Past participle mailed |
Present participle mailing |
to 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
Derived terms
Translations
to send via the post
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Adjective
mail (not comparable)
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Positive mail |
Superlative none (absolute) |
- of or pertaining to mail/post
Translations
pertaining to mail/post
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Etymology 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
Mail|
Singular mail |
Plural uncountable |
mail (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)
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Positive mail |
Superlative none (absolute) |
- 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 spellings
- maill
Noun
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Singular mail |
Plural mails |
mail (plural mails)
Anagrams
Dutch
Verb
- The first-person singular present indicative of mailen.
- The imperative of mailen.
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">
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin malum. Compare Romanian măr.
Noun
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Q. I sold my computer, and I forgot to delete my outlook express e-mail address.. Apparently, the person who bought it is looking at my mail. How can I change my account or something so they can't see my mail.
Asked by susan9 - Thu Aug 21 19:44:43 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. all you got to do is close the account of the web-based (pop3) mail account you used to use with outlook express. but you can't prevent him/her from reading your already downloaded offline mails, though. for instance, if you had routed your yahoo mail account to outlook express, you should close/delete this very account which was used with outlook express. @shresta best will be closing the account that was associated with outlook express, since it's a piece o'cake to reveal the password for that account that had been used in the old pc. at least, i know how to do it. ;)
Answered by John L - Thu Aug 21 20:27:16 2008
