voicemail
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See also: Voicemail
English
Etymology
From voice + mail, genericized trademark.
Pronunciation
Noun
voicemail (countable and uncountable, plural voicemails)
- (uncountable) A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
- Synonym: voice mailbox
- (countable, by extension) An individual message on such a system.
- Synonym: voice message
Derived terms
Translations
system
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message left on a voice mail system — see voice message
Verb
voicemail (third-person singular simple present voicemails, present participle voicemailing, simple past and past participle voicemailed)
- To leave a message on voicemail.
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English voicemail.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: voice‧mail
Noun
voicemail m or f (plural voicemails, diminutive voicemailtje n)
- voicemail, voice mailbox (system)
- voicemail, voice message (message)