"e-mail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈiːmeɪl/ Audio: en-us-email.ogg [US], En-us-e-mail.ogg [US] Forms: e-mails [plural]
enPR: ēʹmāl Rhymes: -iːmeɪl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} e-mail (countable and uncountable, plural e-mails)
  1. Alternative spelling of email. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: email Categories (topical): E-mail, Internet Derived forms: e-mail address
    Sense id: en-e-mail-en-noun-rZ7sjxw8 Disambiguation of E-mail: 53 47 Disambiguation of Internet: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with e- (digital), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (digital): 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19

Verb

IPA: /ˈiːmeɪl/ Audio: en-us-email.ogg [US], En-us-e-mail.ogg [US] 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 spelling of email Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: email Categories (topical): E-mail, Internet
    Sense id: en-e-mail-en-verb-cAsUJHeU Disambiguation of E-mail: 53 47 Disambiguation of Internet: 55 45 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with e- (digital) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (digital): 51 49

Inflected forms

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