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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

mail

English translation:

e-mail

Added to glossary by Chris Collins (X)
Jun 28, 2002 11:34
24 yrs ago
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French term

mail

French to English Tech/Engineering
I'm revising a document in which has been translated as been translated as "post".

I suspect this should be "e-mail" but can find no references to support it. Maybe a native can help!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +6 e-mail
4 mallet or mall
4 e-mail

Proposed translations

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e-mail

The French use the term "mail" to refer to e-mail. However, if you have no more context, who's to say? It definitely does not mean Post in the English sense of the word (in the U.S. the mail).

Good luck..
Peer comment(s):

agree sduret
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agree fcl
13 mins
agree Marney Ogle
23 mins
agree HLB : for sure
55 mins
agree Sue Crocker
1 hr
agree Tea Fledderus
2 hrs
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4 mins

mallet or mall

mail, according to Larousse could be a mallet)in technical terms) or a mall/promenade(like in DC)
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54 mins

e-mail

If it seems logical with the rest of the document, e-mail is probably right, though without more context it could be any number of things such as the "shopping mall" etc. as quoted above
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