"junk mail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: junk mails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} junk mail (countable and uncountable, plural junk mails)
  1. (post) Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters. Wikidata QID: Q129088859 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Post Synonyms: junkmail Derived forms: junk mailer Related terms: admail, advertising mail, direct mail, spam, UCE Translations (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited): 垃圾郵件 (Chinese Mandarin), 垃圾邮件 (lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 垃圾信 (lājīxìn, lèsèxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), roskaposti (Finnish), pourriel [masculine] (French), courrier indésirable [masculine] (French), Junk-Mail [feminine] (German), unerwünschte Post [feminine] (German), Junkmail [feminine] (German), Spammail [feminine] (German), דֹּאַר זֶבֶל (dóar zével) [masculine] (Hebrew), levélszemét (Hungarian), ジャンクメール (jankumēru) (Japanese), 迷惑メール (meiwaku-mēru) (Japanese), mēra paraurehe (Maori), lixo postal [masculine, physical] (Portuguese), lixo eletrônico (english: email) [masculine] (Portuguese), макулату́рная по́чта (makulatúrnaja póčta) [feminine] (Russian), почто́вая макулату́ра (počtóvaja makulatúra) [feminine] (Russian), нежела́тельная по́чта (neželátelʹnaja póčta) [feminine] (Russian), почто́вый му́сор (počtóvyj músor) [masculine] (Russian), джанк-ме́йл (džank-mɛ́jl) [masculine] (Russian), correo basura [masculine] (Spanish), skräppost (Swedish), istenmeyen posta (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1988 December 14, Stephen Wyatt, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1”, in Doctor Who, spoken by Dorothy (\"Ace\") McShane (Sophie Aldred):",
          "text": "I don't believe it. Junk mail that talks back.",
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          "ref": "2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:",
          "text": "In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.",
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          "word": "admail"
        },
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          "word": "advertising mail"
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          "word": "direct mail"
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          "word": "spam"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "垃圾郵件"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "垃圾邮件"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lājīxìn, lèsèxìn",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "垃圾信"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "roskaposti"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "pourriel"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
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          "word": "courrier indésirable"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Junk-Mail"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "unerwünschte Post"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Junkmail"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spammail"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dóar zével",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "דֹּאַר זֶבֶל"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "levélszemét"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jankumēru",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "ジャンクメール"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "meiwaku-mēru",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "迷惑メール"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "mēra paraurehe"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "physical"
          ],
          "word": "lixo postal"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "english": "email",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lixo eletrônico"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "makulatúrnaja póčta",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "макулату́рная по́чта"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "počtóvaja makulatúra",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "почто́вая макулату́ра"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neželátelʹnaja póčta",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нежела́тельная по́чта"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "počtóvyj músor",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "почто́вый му́сор"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "džank-mɛ́jl",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "джанк-ме́йл"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "correo basura"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "skräppost"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
          "word": "istenmeyen posta"
        }
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  "word": "junk mail"
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      "word": "junk mailer"
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      "word": "admail"
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      "word": "advertising mail"
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      "word": "direct mail"
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      "word": "spam"
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          "ref": "1988 December 14, Stephen Wyatt, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1”, in Doctor Who, spoken by Dorothy (\"Ace\") McShane (Sophie Aldred):",
          "text": "I don't believe it. Junk mail that talks back.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:",
          "text": "In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "垃圾郵件"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "垃圾邮件"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lājīxìn, lèsèxìn",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "垃圾信"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "roskaposti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pourriel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "courrier indésirable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Junk-Mail"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unerwünschte Post"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Junkmail"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spammail"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dóar zével",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דֹּאַר זֶבֶל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "levélszemét"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jankumēru",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "ジャンクメール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meiwaku-mēru",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "迷惑メール"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "mēra paraurehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "physical"
      ],
      "word": "lixo postal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "email",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lixo eletrônico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "makulatúrnaja póčta",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "макулату́рная по́чта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "počtóvaja makulatúra",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "почто́вая макулату́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neželátelʹnaja póčta",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нежела́тельная по́чта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "počtóvyj músor",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "почто́вый му́сор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "džank-mɛ́jl",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "джанк-ме́йл"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correo basura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "skräppost"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
      "word": "istenmeyen posta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "junk mail"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.