E-Mail in Different Languages
Discover 'E-mail' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Afrikaans e-pos | ||
Albanian postën elektronike | ||
Amharic ኢሜል | ||
Arabic البريد الإلكتروني | ||
Armenian էլ | ||
Assamese ই-মেইল | ||
Aymara correo electrónico tuqi | ||
Azerbaijani e-poçt | ||
Bambara e-mail fɛ | ||
Basque posta elektronikoa | ||
Belarusian электронная пошта | ||
Bengali ই-মেইল | ||
Bhojpuri ई-मेल पर भेजल जा सकेला | ||
Bosnian e-mail | ||
Bulgarian електронна поща | ||
Catalan correu electrònic | ||
Cebuano e-mail | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 电子邮件 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 電子郵件 | ||
Corsican e-mail | ||
Croatian e-mail | ||
Czech e-mailem | ||
Danish e-mail | ||
Dhivehi އީމެއިލް | ||
Dogri ई-मेल करो | ||
Dutch e-mail | ||
English e-mail | ||
Esperanto retpoŝto | ||
Estonian e-post | ||
Ewe e-mail dzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) e-mail | ||
Finnish sähköposti | ||
French email | ||
Frisian e-post | ||
Galician correo electrónico | ||
Georgian ელ.ფოსტა | ||
German email | ||
Greek ηλεκτρονικη διευθυνση | ||
Guarani correo electrónico rupive | ||
Gujarati ઈ-મેલ | ||
Haitian Creole e-mail | ||
Hausa e-mail | ||
Hawaiian leka uila | ||
Hebrew אימייל | ||
Hindi ईमेल | ||
Hmong e-mail | ||
Hungarian email | ||
Icelandic tölvupóstur | ||
Igbo ozi-e | ||
Ilocano e-mail | ||
Indonesian surel | ||
Irish r-phost | ||
Italian e-mail | ||
Japanese eメール | ||
Javanese e-mail | ||
Kannada ಇ-ಮೇಲ್ | ||
Kazakh электрондық пошта | ||
Khmer អ៊ីមែល | ||
Kinyarwanda imeri | ||
Konkani ई-मेल केल्लो आसता | ||
Korean 이메일 | ||
Krio imel fɔ sɛn imel | ||
Kurdish e-name | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئیمەیڵ | ||
Kyrgyz электрондук почта | ||
Lao ອີເມລ | ||
Latin e-mail | ||
Latvian e-pastu | ||
Lingala e-mail na nzela ya e-mail | ||
Lithuanian el | ||
Luganda e-mail | ||
Luxembourgish e-mail | ||
Macedonian е-пошта | ||
Maithili ई-मेल | ||
Malagasy e-mail | ||
Malay e-mel | ||
Malayalam ഇ-മെയിൽ | ||
Maltese e-mail | ||
Maori imeera | ||
Marathi ई-मेल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯏ-ꯃꯦꯜ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo e-mail hmangin a rawn thawn a | ||
Mongolian имэйл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အီးမေးလ် | ||
Nepali ई-मेल | ||
Norwegian e-post | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) imelo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଇ-ମେଲ୍ | | ||
Oromo iimeeliidhaan ergaa | ||
Pashto بریښنالیک | ||
Persian پست الکترونیک | ||
Polish e-mail | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) o email | ||
Punjabi ਈ - ਮੇਲ | ||
Quechua correo electrónico nisqawan | ||
Romanian e-mail | ||
Russian эл. почта | ||
Samoan imeli | ||
Sanskrit ई-मेल | ||
Scots Gaelic post-d | ||
Sepedi imeile | ||
Serbian е-маил | ||
Sesotho lengolo-tsoibila | ||
Shona e-mail | ||
Sindhi اي ميل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විද්යුත් තැපෑල | ||
Slovak e-mail | ||
Slovenian e-naslov | ||
Somali emayl | ||
Spanish correo electrónico | ||
Sundanese e-mail | ||
Swahili barua pepe | ||
Swedish e-post | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) e-mail | ||
Tajik почтаи электронӣ | ||
Tamil மின்னஞ்சல் | ||
Tatar электрон почта | ||
Telugu ఇ-మెయిల్ | ||
Thai อีเมล์ | ||
Tigrinya ኢ-መይል | ||
Tsonga e-mail | ||
Turkish e-posta | ||
Turkmen e-poçta | ||
Twi (Akan) e-mail a wɔde mena | ||
Ukrainian електронною поштою | ||
Urdu ای میل | ||
Uyghur ئېلېكترونلۇق خەت | ||
Uzbek elektron pochta | ||
Vietnamese e-mail | ||
Welsh e-bost | ||
Xhosa imeyile | ||
Yiddish e- בריוו | ||
Yoruba imeeli | ||
Zulu i-imeyili |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "e-pos" is derived from the English "e-mail" and retains its meaning. |
| Albanian | The term "postën elektronike" is derived from the Latin words "posta" (post) and "electronicus" (electronic). |
| Amharic | "ኢሜል" is the Amharic word for "e-mail", which derives from "electronic mail". |
| Arabic | البريد الإلكتروني is derived from the English word "electronic mail". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "էլ" is a neologism, deriving from the French term "email." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "e-poçt" is derived from the English word "e-mail" and has no alternate meanings in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Posta elektronikoa" is translated as "electronic mail," but the literal meaning of the words is "electronic post." |
| Belarusian | Электронная пошта is a compound word made up of электронная (“electronic”) and пошта (“mail”). |
| Bengali | "ই-মেইল" শব্দটি ইংরেজি শব্দ "electronic mail"-এর সংক্ষিপ্ত রূপ। |
| Bosnian | U bosanskom jeziku, riječ e-mail je skraćenica od engleskog termina electronic mail, što znači elektronska pošta. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "електронна поща" is derived from the Russian word for "electronic mail." |
| Catalan | "Correu electrònic" literally means "electronic post" in Catalan. "Post" is also used in English to refer to electronic mail. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 电子邮件在英语中也可以指电子邮件列表或邮件程序。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "電郵"一詞在日文中本來的意思是"電報", 後來借來翻譯"電子郵件" |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "e-mail" or "email" can also refer to the physical "mail" sent through the postal service. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "e-pošta" is a calque of the English word "e-mail" and is also used to refer to the internet and web pages. |
| Czech | In Czech, "e-mailem" can also refer to a personal folder for incoming and outgoing emails. |
| Danish | The Danish word "e-mail" derives from the American spelling of the phrase "electronic mail". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "e-mail" can also refer to a type of snail mail sent electronically. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "retpoŝto" literally means "net post", referring to the transmission of messages over a network. |
| Estonian | The word "e-post" is derived from the English word "electronic post", which refers to the electronic transmission of mail. |
| Finnish | The word "sähköposti" literally translates to "electrical post" or "electric mail", with the prefix "sähkö" meaning "electricity" and "posti" meaning "post" or "mail". |
| French | Email ( courriel in French) is a short form of "electronic mail" (French: courrier électronique). |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "e-post" literally translates to "electronic post", hence the English word "e-mail". |
| Galician | The term "correo electrónico" in Galician not only means "e-mail", but also refers to the physical mail system. |
| German | The German word "E-Mail" was originally used to describe the electronic transmission of physical mail, not digital messages. |
| Greek | Η λέξη «e-mail» είναι ένας αγγλικός δανεισμός που προέρχεται από την έκφραση “electronic mail”, δηλ. “ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο”. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word for "email" is imel, meaning electronic message. |
| Hawaiian | The term "leka uila" literally means "electric message" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word אימייל (e-mail) is a combination of the words אי (short for איגרת - “letter”) and מייל (short for מכתב יאל - “electronic mail”). |
| Hindi | The word 'ईमेल' (e-mail) in Hindi directly translates to 'letter' or 'mail' and is also used to refer to traditional paper mail. |
| Hmong | "E-mail" in Hmong is "imeel," is also a common slang word for "to forget". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "email" can also refer to "enamel" or "electron mail". |
| Icelandic | The word "tölvupóstur" is a compound word combining "tölva" (computer) and "póstur" (mail). It was coined by the Icelandic Language Committee in 1995. |
| Igbo | Ọ̀zì-e (e-mail) translates to "the mouth of the letter" |
| Indonesian | The word "surel" is derived from the Dutch word "email," which is a portmanteau of "electronic" and "mail." |
| Irish | It's the Anglicised form of the Irish word "ríomhphost" (pronounced "reev-of"), meaning "computer message". |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "e-mail" is also used to refer to the act of sending an email. |
| Japanese | The alternate Japanese reading of the word “Eメール”, “ime-ru”, is a pun on the word for “entering” or “inserting”, as in the case of a syringe or computer data entry. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "e-mail" can also refer to a traditional letter or handwritten message. |
| Kazakh | Слова «электрондық» (elektronduq) и «пошта» (posta) в совокупности означают «электронная почта». |
| Khmer | The word "អ៊ីមែល" is derived from the English word "e-mail", which is a portmanteau of "electronic" and "mail". |
| Korean | "이메일" is derived from Korean "전자우편" (electronic mail). |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "e-name" has other meanings such as "name of the email address" or "internet nickname." |
| Lao | The word "ອີເມລ" can also refer to a message, a letter, or a document. |
| Latin | E-mail originated as a term for electronic mail in the 1960s, but its Latin roots mean "out of" or "from of" and "mail." |
| Latvian | "E-pastu" is in fact a derivative of two words, "elektroniskais" (electronic) and "pasts" (mail). |
| Lithuanian | "El" is the short form for "elektroninis laškas", meaning "electronic mail". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "E-Mail" can also mean "electronic mail". |
| Macedonian | The word "е-пошта" (e-mail) is derived from the English word "electronic mail" and also means "electronic post" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "e-mail" is also used to refer to a "letter" or "message". |
| Malay | The Malay word "e-mel" is a contraction of the English words "electronic mail". |
| Malayalam | The word "ഇ-മെയിൽ" is derived from the English word "e-mail", which is a short form of "electronic mail". |
| Maltese | In Maltese, the word "posta elettronika" is used to refer to "e-mail". |
| Maori | The word "imeera" has the secondary meaning of "informant" due to the connotation of "to be made known" in the verb "kī". |
| Marathi | In Marathi, ई-मेल can also be interpreted as 'coming letter' or 'sent letter' due to the Marathi words ई (ईश्वर) meaning 'he' and मेल (मेल) meaning 'letter'. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, имэйл (imeil) is a loanword from the English word "email" and can also refer to an "inbox" or "sent folder" in an email application. |
| Nepali | ई-मेल is derived from English 'electronic mail'. It also means "aim to the eyes" in Sanskrit. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "e-post" also means "snail mail". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja's "imelo" originates from "melo," meaning "a message," and "i-" as a plural prefix. |
| Polish | In Polish, "e-mail" can also be an abbreviation of "elektroniczna maszyna licząca", meaning "electronic calculator". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Em Portugal, "o email" pode alternativamente significar um verniz para sapatos ou uma panela esmaltada. |
| Punjabi | ਈ - ਮੇਲ (e-mail) is a term used in Punjabi to refer to electronic mail, which is the transmission of messages and files over computer networks. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word email (e-mail) refers to the electronic appliance used to send and receive e-mails, not the service itself. |
| Russian | The word "Эл. почта" is short for "электронная почта" (electronic mail) in Russian. |
| Samoan | 'Imeil' is the result of combining 'i-meil', a transliteration of 'e-mail', with the Samoan definite article 'le'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "post-d" in Scots Gaelic can also mean "snail mail" or "a physical letter sent through the postal service." |
| Serbian | The word 'e-maил' in Serbian is borrowed from the English 'e-mail', but is used in a broader sense, encompassing all types of electronic mail, including email, SMS, and instant messages. |
| Sesotho | The etymology of "lengolo-tsoibila" suggests "letters that run". |
| Shona | In Shona, 'e-mail' can also refer to 'electronic communication' beyond just emails. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, اي ميل (pronounced: ī mail) refers to the email service, an electronic message, and the recipient's email address. |
| Slovak | Email is a short way of spelling the word electronic mail. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, the word "E-naslov" is an abbreviation of "elektronski naslov," which means "electronic address." |
| Somali | The Somali word "emayl" is derived from the English word "email" and has no alternate meanings in Somali. |
| Spanish | El término correo electrónico proviene del francés "courrier électronique". En español, la palabra "correo" también puede referirse a la correspondencia postal. |
| Sundanese | The word "e-mail" in Sundanese has no alternate meanings and is used to refer to electronic mail. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "barua pepe" can also refer to a physical letter or document |
| Swedish | The word "e-post" in Swedish is a compound word made up of "e-" and "post". "Post" means "mail" in Swedish, and "e-" is a prefix that means "electronic". So, "e-post" literally means "electronic mail". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'e-mail' is derived from the English words 'electronic mail', with the Tagalog word 'elektroniko' also able to be used. |
| Telugu | The word "ఇ-మెయిల్" is a loanword from English that refers to electronic mail, a method of transmitting messages digitally. |
| Thai | The Thai word “อีเมล์” can also be used to describe a sweet and sour traditional Thai dish made with pork and coconut milk. |
| Turkish | "E-posta" kelimesi, Türkçe'de "elektronik posta" anlamına gelmektedir ve "posta" kelimesinin "e" ile birleştirilmesiyle oluşturulmuştur. |
| Ukrainian | The word "електронною поштою" in Ukrainian is derived from the English phrase "electronic mail" and literally means "electronic mail sent by post". |
| Urdu | In Urdu the word 'ای میل' is used to mean both 'e-mail' as well as 'the act or process of sending or receiving e-mail'. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "elektron pochta" can also literally mean "electrical mail". |
| Vietnamese | Thuật ngữ "email" trong tiếng Việt có nguồn gốc từ cụm từ tiếng Anh "electronic mail" (thư điện tử) và thường được viết tắt là "email". |
| Welsh | E-bost (Welsh for "e-mail") is derived from "electronic" and "post (mail)". |
| Xhosa | "Imeyile" derives from "imeyi," meaning "letter," and "eli," meaning "electronic" |
| Yiddish | E- בריוו in Yiddish is also a reference to an anonymous letter sent to a newspaper or other publication. |
| Yoruba | Imeeli was derived from the Yoruba words 'Iwe' meaning letter and 'Imeli' meaning to send |
| Zulu | I-imeyili is a Zulu word derived from the English word "e-mail" and also means "message" or "notification" in Zulu. |
| English | 'Email' is derived from 'electronic mail', and can also refer to 'enamel' or 'electromagnetic radiation' |