You can make 16 words from mail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of mail
mail amil mial imal aiml iaml mali amli mlai lmai almi lami mila imla mlia lmia ilma lima ailm ialm alim laim ilam liam
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word mail. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in mail.
Definitions and meaning of mail
mail
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meɪl/, enPR: māl
Rhymes: -eɪl
Homophone: male
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishmale, from Anglo-Normanmale, Old Frenchmale(“bag, wallet”), from Frankish*malha(“bag”), from Proto-Germanic*malhō(“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European*molko-(“leather pouch”). Compare Dutchmaal.
Noun
mail (countable and uncountable, pluralmails)
(now regional) A bag or wallet. [from 13thc.]
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
The material conveyed by the postal service. [from 17thc.]
1823, The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs, Seventh Edition, T. Kaye, page 96,
The following are the hours at which the letter-box of this office is closed for making up the several mails, and the hours at which each mail is despatched: ¶ […]
1887, John Houston Merrill (editor), The American and English Encyclopædia of Law, Volume I, Edward Thompson, p.121,
If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
The postal service or system in general. [from 17thc.]
Synonym:(UK, Ireland)post
(chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]
(countable) An email message.
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Usage notes
In the United States, the mails (with the and in the plural) can mean "the postal system".
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Japanese: メール
Translations
Verb
mail (third-person singular simple presentmails, present participlemailing, simple past and past participlemailed)
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.
Synonyms
(send through the mail):post
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Thai: เมล์(mee)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishmayle(“mail armor”), borrowed from Old Frenchmaille(“loop, stitch”), from Vulgar Latin*macla, from Latinmacula(“blemish, mesh”), probably from Proto-Indo-European*smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁-(“smear, rub”).
Alternative forms
maille
Noun
mail (usually uncountable, pluralmails)
(uncountable, history) Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.
(uncountable, by extension, now fiction, fantasy) Armour consisting of small plates linked together.
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
(obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
Usage notes
Mail for a type of armour is in specialist academic usage now restricted to armour made up of interlocking rings, where its use for scale armour, lamellar armour or brigandine is considered antiquarian.
Derived terms
Related terms
mailed
Translations
Verb
mail (third-person singular simple presentmails, present participlemailing, simple past and past participlemailed)
(transitive) To arm with mail.
(transitive) To pinion.
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishmal, male from Old Englishmāl(“speech, contract, agreement”) from Old Norsemál(“agreement, speech, lawsuit”). Akin to Old Englishmǣl(“speech”). Related to Old Englishmǣlan (mell), maþelian(“to speak out, declare”). From *maþlą(“meeting-place”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European*meh₂d-(“to encounter, come”), if so related to meet, and moot.
Alternative forms
maile, maill, maille
Noun
mail (pluralmails)
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
(chiefly Scotland) A monetary payment or tribute.
(chiefly Scotland) Rent.
(chiefly Scotland) Tax.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Alim, Liam, Lima, Mali, Mila, alim, lima, mali
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latinmilium.
Noun
mailm
millet
birdseed
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishemail.
Noun
mail
email
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -eːl
Etymology 1
Shortened from e-mail.
Noun
mailm (pluralmails, diminutivemailtjen)
(nonstandard)Alternative form of e-mail
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mail
inflection of mailen:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Estonian
Noun
mail
adessive plural of maa
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishmile(“imperial measure of distance”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /maɪl/
Noun
mail
mile
References
Fiji Hindi Dictionary
French
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latinmalleus(“hammer”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /maj/
Noun
mailm (pluralmails)
maul
(sports, historical) pall mall mallet
(by extension) pall mall
mall, promenade
(Quebec) mall, shopping mall
Derived terms
maillet
Related terms
malléable
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishemail.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛl/, /mɛjl/
Noun
mailm (pluralmails)
(informal) email
Synonyms:courriel, mél
Further reading
“mail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
lima
German
Pronunciation
Verb
mail
singular imperative of mailen
(colloquial)first-person singular present of mailen
Gothic
Romanization
mail
Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻
Italian
Etymology
Clipping of e-mail.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɛjl/, /ˈmejl/
Rhymes: -ɛjl, -ejl
Noun
mailf (invariable)
(colloquial) email
Derived terms
mail spazzatura(“spam mail”)
References
Further reading
mail in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Mali, almi, lima, mali, mila
Middle English
Noun
mail
Alternative form of mayle
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishmail.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛjl/
Rhymes: -ɛjl
Syllabification: mail
Homophone: mejl
Noun
mailm inan
Alternative spelling of mejl
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
mail in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
mail in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Alternative forms
meil(Sursilvan, Surmiran)
mel(Sutsilvan)
Etymology
From Late Latinmēlum, from Latinmālum. Compare Friulianmêl, Romanianmăr.