how to pronounce mail

/ˈmɛɪl/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of mail is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

mail is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of mail pronunciation

An example use of mail in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… it saw an influx in mail-in votes as a …”

meaning of mail

Mail is a system of delivering letters and parcels.

mail frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word mail occurs in english on average 43.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics mail can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that mail can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;