🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

email

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eh-mail

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Email/ˈiː.meɪl/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #300 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Enviei um email para você."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A system for sending messages electronically over the internet.

    "I sent you an email with the details of the meeting."
  2. 2

    A message sent using this system.

    "She received an email from her colleague regarding the project."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'email' is derived from 'electronic mail', which emerged in the 1970s as a method of exchanging messages over the internet. The prefix 'electronic' indicates the use of technology, while 'mail' refers to the traditional postal system.

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