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e-mail

  [ee-meyl]
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–noun
1. a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals.
2. a message sent by e-mail: Send me an e-mail on the idea.
–verb (used with object)
3. to send a message to by e-mail.
Also, E-mail, email.
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e-mail or e·mail also E-mail   (ē'māl')   
n.  
  1. A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, as between personal computers.
  2. A message or messages sent or received by such a system.
tr.v.   e-mailed or e·mailed also E-mailed, e-mail·ing or e·mail·ing also E-mail·ing, e-mails or e·mails also E-mails
To send (a message) by such a system.

[e(lectronic) mail.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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email

/ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail' and `E-mail')
1. n. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines. Contrast snail-mail, paper-net, voice-net. See network address.
2. vt. To send electronic mail.

Oddly enough, the word `emailed' is actually listed in the OED; it means "embossed (with a raised pattern) or perh. arranged in a net or open work". A use from 1480 is given. The word is probably derived from French `e'maille'' (enameled) and related to Old French `emmailleu"re' (network). A French correspondent tells us that in modern French, `email' is a hard enamel obtained by heating special paints in a furnace; an `emailleur' (no final e) is a craftsman who makes email (he generally paints some objects (like, say, jewelry) and cooks them in a furnace).

There are numerous spelling variants of this word. In Internet traffic up to 1995, `email' predominates, `e-mail' runs a not-too-distant second, and `E-mail' and `Email' are a distant third and fourth.
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Language Translation for : email
Spanish: correo electrónico,
German: elektronische Post, e-mail,
Japanese: 電子メール
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email 
a type of pottery design pattern, c.1877, from Fr., lit. "enamel" (see enamel).
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e-mail or email   (ē'māl')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network. E-mail is asynchronous and does not require the receiver of the message to be online at the time the message is sent or received. E-mail also allows a user to distribute messages to large numbers of recipients instantaneously.
  2. A message or messages sent or received by such a system.

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