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courriel.

email (message)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ku.ʁjɛl/

  1. email (message)

    Internet · countable · masculine
    Je t'ai envoyé un courriel avec le document en pièce jointe.

  2. email (system)

    Internet · masculine · uncountable
    C'est urgent ? Alors je vous communiquerai la décision par courriel.

  3. email address

    Internet · countable · informal · masculine
    Donne-nous ton courriel et on t'enverra le fichier.
Where this word comes from

Blend of courrier (“mail”) + électronique (“electronic”). A portmanteau word created in French-speaking Canada around 1994. Might have been coined by terminologist André Clas.

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