courriel

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.ʁjɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uʁjɛl
  • Hyphenation: cou‧rriel

Noun

courriel m (plural courriels)

  1. (Internet, countable) email (message)
    Synonyms: courrier électronique; message électronique; e-mail
    Je t'ai envoyé un courriel avec le document en pièce jointe.
    I sent you an email with the document in attachment.
  2. (Internet, uncountable) email (system)
    Synonyms: courrier électronique; messagerie électronique; e-mail
    C'est urgent ? Alors je vous communiquerai la décision par courriel.
    Is it urgent? Then I'll let you know the decision by email.
  3. (countable, informal) email address.
    Donne-nous ton courriel et on t'enverra le fichier.
    Give me your email and we'll send you the file.

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Descendants

  • → Haitian Creole: kouryèl

References

  1. ^ “courriel” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
  2. ^ “courriel” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
  3. ^ Hélène Cajolet-Laganière, Pierre Martel, Chantal‑Édith Masson, Louis Mercier (11 May 2025 (last accessed)) “courriel”, in Usito‎ (overall work in French), Université de Sherbrook
  4. ^ “courriel” in the Grand Dictionnaire terminologique (GDT) of the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF, Quebec Board of the French Language).
  5. ^
    2020 August, Georges L. Bastin, “André Clas – Une vie consacrée à la traduction, la terminologie et la lexicologie”, in Meta‎, volume 65, number 2 (overall work in French), Montreal, QC, Canada, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved 30 July 2021, pages 499-520:
    Il collectionne aussi les initiatives langagières : créateur du mot courriel
    He also accumulates linguistic initiatives: coiner of the word courriel (“email”)
  6. ^ "courriel" in the WordReference Dictionnaire Français-Anglais, WordReference.com LLC, 2006.
  7. ^ "courriel" in the WordReference Dictionnaire Français-Anglais, WordReference.com LLC, 2006.
  • “Questions de langue”, in academie-francaise.fr‎ (in French), Académie française, 10 May 2025 (last accessed)
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