Definition von mail
Wortformen: 3rd person singular present
tense mails
, present participle mailing
, past tense, past participle mailed
1. Singular [oft by NOUN]
2. unzählbares Substantiv
[oft the NOUN]
You can refer to letters and parcels that are delivered to you as mail.
3. Verb
If you mail a letter or parcel to someone, you send it to them by putting it in a post box or taking it to a post office.
[mainly US]
The Government has already mailed some 18 million households with details of the
public offer. [VERB noun + with]
[Also VERB noun]regional note: in BRIT, usually use post 4. Verb
To mail a message to someone means to send it to them by means of email or a computer network.
...if a report must be electronically mailed to an office by 9 am the next day. [be VERB-ed preposition]
[Also VERB noun]Mail is also a noun.
5. See also mailing, chain mail, electronic mail, email, hate mail, junk mail, surface mail
Partikelverben:
See mail out
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Häufigkeit
mail in British English 1
Substantiv
1. Also called (esp Brit): post
2.
the postal system
3.
a single collection or delivery of mail
4.
a train, ship, or aircraft that carries mail
5. short for electronic mail
Verb (transitive)
8.
to contact (a person) by electronic mail
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Abgeleitete Formen
mailable (ˈmailable) Adjektiv
mailability (ˌmailaˈbility)
Substantiv
Wortherkunft von mail
C13: from Old French male bag, probably from Old High German malha wallet
Häufigkeit
mail in British English 2
Substantiv
2.
Verb
3. (transitive)
to clothe or arm with mail
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Abgeleitete Formen
mail-less (ˈmail-less) Adjektiv
Wortherkunft von mail
C14: from Old French maille mesh, from Latin macula spot
Häufigkeit
mail in American English 1
Substantiv
1.
2.
a.
letters, papers, packages, etc. handled, transported, and delivered by the post office
b. US
letters, papers, etc. received or sent by a person, company, etc.
3.
the system of collection, transportation, and delivery of letters, packages, etc.; postal system
: also called the mails4.
the collection or delivery of letters, packages, etc. at a certain time
late for the morning mail
5. Chiefly British
a vehicle for mail
6.
Adjektiv
7.
of mail
; esp.,a.
carrying, or used in the handling of, mail
b.
designating a person, or boat, train, etc. that transports letters, packages, etc.
Verb transitiv
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Abgeleitete Formen
mailability (ˌmailaˈbility)
Substantiv
mailable (ˈmailable)
Adjektiv
Wortherkunft von mail
ME male < OFr < MHG malhe, a traveling bag < OHG malaha, wallet
Häufigkeit
mail in American English 2
Verb transitiv
3.
to cover or protect with or as with mail
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Abgeleitete Formen
mailed
Adjektiv
Wortherkunft von mail
ME maile < OFr maille, a link, mesh < L macula, a spot, mesh of a net
Häufigkeit
mail in American English 3
Substantiv
Chiefly Scottish
rent or payment of any kind
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Häufigkeit
mail in American English 1
(meil)
Substantiv
1.
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system
Storms delayed delivery of the mail
2.
a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered
to open one's mail
to find a bill in the mail
The mail for England was put on the noon plane
3. Also: mails
the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system
to buy clothes by mail
4.
a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter
5.
electronic mail; e-mail
6. See copy the mail
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Wortherkunft von mail
[1175–1225; ME male (n.) ‹ OF malle ‹ Gmc; cf. OHG mal(a)ha satchel, bag]Häufigkeit
mail in American English 2
(meil)
Substantiv
1.
flexible armor of interlinked rings
Transitives Verb
4.
to clothe or arm with mail
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Abgeleitete Formen
mailless Adjektiv
Wortherkunft von mail
[1250–1300; ME maille one of the rings of which armor was composed ‹ OF ‹ L macula spot, one of the interstices in a net; cf. macula]Häufigkeit
mail in American English 3
(meil)
Substantiv
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Wortherkunft von mail
[bef. 1150; ME (north) mal(e), late OE māl agreement ‹ ON māl agreement, speech, c. OE mǣl speech]Beispielsätze mit
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Which armour am I?
a short close-fitting sleeveless padded garment, used in the late 14th and early 15th centuries with armour
Which armour am I?
a piece of mail fitted between armour plates or into the leather or cloth underclothes worn with armour, to give added protection
Which armour am I?
a piece of armour fixed or hinged to the helmet to protect the face and with slits for the eyes
Which armour am I?
a piece of armour covering the chest
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Britisches Englisch: mail
/meɪl/ NOUN
Mail is the letters and parcels that are delivered to you.
She looked through the mail.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: mail /ˈmeɪl/
- Arabisch: بَرِيْدٌ
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: correspondência
- Chinesisch: 邮件
- Kroatisch: pošta
- Tschechisch: pošta dopisy
- Dänisch: post
- Niederländisch: post brievenpost
- Europäisches Spanisch: correo
- Finnisch: posti
- Französisch: courrier
- Deutsch: Post
- Griechisch: ταχυδρομείο
- Italienisch: posta
- Japanisch: 郵便
- Koreanisch: 우편물
- Norwegisch: post
- Polnisch: poczta korespondencja
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: correspondência
- Rumänisch: poștă
- Russisch: почта
- Spanisch: correo
- Schwedisch: post brevgång
- Thai: ไปรษณียภัณฑ์
- Türkisch: posta
- Ukrainisch: пошта
- Vietnamesisch: thư từ
Britisches Englisch: mail
/meɪl/ VERB
If you mail something, you post it.
I mailed a letter to you yesterday.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: mail /ˈmeɪl/
- Arabisch: يُرْسِلُ بِالْبَرِيْدِ
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: enviar pelo correio
- Chinesisch: 邮寄
- Kroatisch: poslati poštom
- Tschechisch: poslat poštou
- Dänisch: sende
- Niederländisch: posten
- Europäisches Spanisch: echar al correo
- Finnisch: postittaa
- Französisch: poster envoyer
- Deutsch: senden
- Griechisch: ταχυδρομώ
- Italienisch: spedire
- Japanisch: 郵送する
- Koreanisch: 우송하다
- Norwegisch: poste
- Polnisch: wysłać pocztą
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: enviar pelo correio
- Rumänisch: a expedia
- Russisch: посылать по почте
- Spanisch: echar al correo
- Schwedisch: posta
- Thai: ส่งจดหมาย, ส่งของทางไปรษณีย์
- Türkisch: postalamak
- Ukrainisch: відправляти поштою
- Vietnamesisch: gửi qua bưu điện
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