/meɪl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male!"
- "Open the Males, yet guard the treaſure ſure. Lay out our golden wedges to the view, That their reflexions may amaze the Perſeans."
- "Meronym: mailpiece"
- "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, 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, Edward Thompson, p.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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *molko-der.? Thracianbor.? Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /meɪl/
- British English: /meɪl/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Dated
- Indian usage
- Transitive verb
- Obsolete