English

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Etymology
Postal mail: Middle English male "bag, mail", from Old French male, from a Germanic source, from Proto-Indo-European *molko- "leather pouch".

Mail armor: Middle English maille "mail armor", from Old French maille, from Latin macula "blemish, mesh", probably from Proto-Indo-European *smH�-tleH�, from *smeH�- "smear, rub".

Pronunciation
{| border1 cellpadding5
| w:AHD|AHD || m�l
|-
| w:IPA|IPA || /meɪl/
|-
| w:SAMPA|SAMPA || /meIl/
|}

audio|en-us-mail.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl

Homophones
male

Noun
Image:Baidana rings.JPG|thumb|right|Mail
en-noun|-

1. regular delivery of letters and small parcels, see also post
2. the organisation which operates such service (e.g. in Britain the Royal Mail)
3. the letters and parcels delivered by such service
4. abbreviated from �electronic mail�, a store and forward message service on a computer, often using the Internet
5. armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.

Synonyms
post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)

Translations
trans-top|regular delivery of letters and small parcels
Czech: pošta f
Finnish: posti
Lithuanian: paštas m
trans-mid
Russian: по��а (pó�ta) f
Swedish: post c
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trans-top|organisation
Czech: pošta f
Finnish: posti
Lithuanian: paštas m
trans-mid
Russian: по��а (pó�ta) f
Swedish: post c
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trans-top|parcels and letters
Czech: pošta f
Finnish: posti
Lithuanian: paštas m
trans-mid
Russian: по��а (pó�ta) f, ко��е�понден�и� (korr'espond'éncija) f
Swedish: post c
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trans-top|abbreviated from �electronic mail�
Danish: mail, e-mail, e-post
Finnish: meili|meilit
trans-mid
Russian: �лек��онна� по��а (el'ektrónnaja pó�ta) f, по��а (pó�ta) f, м�ло (mýlo) n slang
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trans-top|armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together
Finnish: rengaspanssari
trans-mid
Russian: кол���га (kol'�úga) f
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive to send (a letter or parcel) through the mail

Synonyms
post
send

Translations

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. made of armoured material (a mail shirt)
2. of or pertaining to mail/post

Translations
trans-top|armoured
Finnish: rengaspanssari- (chain mail) (prefix in compound words)
Interlingua: de malia
trans-mid
Portuguese: de malha
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Related terms
air mail
chain mail
e-mail
mailer
plate mail

Category:Armor

Fijian Hindi

Etymology
From English mile, which is the imperial measure of distance.

Pronunciation
IPA|/maɪl/

Noun
mail

1. mile

Category:Fijian Hindi nouns
Category:hif:English derivations

Romansch

Etymology
Latin malum. Compare Romanian m�r.

Noun
mail g|Romansch

1. apple

Category:Romansch nouns

da:mail
es:mail
fa:mail
fr:mail
io:mail
it:mail
kk:mail
hu:mail
ru:mail
simple:mail
fi:mail
sv:mail
ta:mail
te:mail
vi:mail
tr:mail
vo:mail
zh:mail

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