"e-mail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈiːmeɪl/ Audio: en-us-email.ogg , En-us-e-mail.ogg Forms: e-mails [plural]
enPR: ēʹmāl Rhymes: -iːmeɪl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} e-mail (countable and uncountable, plural e-mails)
  1. Alternative form of email. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: email Derived forms: e-mail address, e-mail list
    Sense id: en-e-mail-en-noun-ToMiZiIa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with e- (digital), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (digital): 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51

Verb

IPA: /ˈiːmeɪl/ Audio: en-us-email.ogg , En-us-e-mail.ogg Forms: e-mails [present, singular, third-person], e-mailing [participle, present], e-mailed [participle, past], e-mailed [past]
enPR: ēʹmāl Rhymes: -iːmeɪl Head templates: {{en-verb}} e-mail (third-person singular simple present e-mails, present participle e-mailing, simple past and past participle e-mailed)
  1. Alternative form of email. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: email Derived forms: e-mailable
    Sense id: en-e-mail-en-verb-ToMiZiIa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with e- (digital), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, E-mail, Internet Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (digital): 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of E-mail: 0 100 Disambiguation of Internet: 44 56

Inflected forms

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