Skip to content

e-mail

email

noun EE-mel Rare

Origin: Borrowed from English 'e-mail'.

Usage Note

E-mail is masculine (un e-mail) and competes with the officially recommended French term courriel, though e-mail (also written email or mail) dominates in everyday usage. The verb envoyer un e-mail or colloquially envoyer un mail means 'to send an email'. Formal administrative writing in France sometimes insists on courriel.

Examples

"J'ai reçu un e-mail ce matin."

Natural Translation

I received an email this morning.

Explore French by topic