email

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A message sent from one person to another using computers and the internet.

   He sent me an email to remind me about the meeting.

2. 2
   noun

   The system used for sending messages over the internet.

   She prefers to contact her clients by email.

3. 3
   verb

   To send a message to someone using email.

   I'll email you the link tonight.

4. 4
   noun

   An email address.

   What's your email?

Common collocations

• email address Adjective + noun

Borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émail (“enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze (coating on pottery)”)), from Medieval Latin smaltum (“enamel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt; to soften”). Doublet of smalt, smalto, and schmaltz.

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