voicemail

See also: Voicemail

English edit

Etymology edit

voice +‎ mail, genericized trademark.

Noun edit

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 edit

visual voicemail

Translations edit

system

Arabic: بَرِيد صَوْتِيّ m (barīd ṣawtiyy)
Armenian: ձայնային փոստ (jaynayin pʻost)
Belarusian: галасава́я по́шта f (halasavája póšta), аўтаадка́зчык m (aŭtaadkázčyk)
Bulgarian: гла́сова по́ща f (glásova póšta), телефо́нен секрета́р m (telefónen sekretár)
Catalan: bústia de veu f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 語音信箱／语音信箱 (zh) (yǔyīn xìnxiāng), 話音郵件／话音邮件 (huàyīn yóujiàn)
Czech: hlasová schránka f
Dutch: voicemail (nl) m or f
Estonian: kõnepost
Finnish: puheposti
French: boîte vocale (fr) f, messagerie vocale (fr) f, répondeur (fr) m
German: Voicemail f, Anrufbeantworter (de) m
Greek: φωνητικό ταχυδρομείο n (fonitikó tachydromeío)
Hindi: ध्वनि मेल f (dhvani mel), आवाज़ मेल f (āvāz mel)
Hungarian: hangposta (hu)
Irish: glórphost m
Italian: voicemail m, messaggeria vocale f
Japanese: ボイスメール (boisu mēru), ヴォイスメール (voisu mēru), 留守番電話 (ja) (るすばんでんわ, rusuban denwa), 留守電 (ja) (るすでん, rusuden)
Korean: 음성 사서함(音聲私書函) (eumseong saseoham)
Macedonian: говорна пошта f (govorna pošta)
Malay: mel suara
Persian: پست صوتی (fa) (post-e sowti)
Polish: poczta głosowa (pl) f
Portuguese: correio de voz m, voice mail m
Romanian: voicemail n, mesagerie vocală f
Russian: голосова́я по́чта (ru) f (golosovája póčta), автоотве́тчик (ru) m (avtootvétčik), войс-ме́йл m (vojs-mɛ́jl), во́йс-мейл m (vójs-mɛjl)
Slovak: hlasová schránka f
Spanish: buzón de voz m
Swedish: röstbrevlåda (sv) c
Tajik: почтаи овозӣ (počtayi ovozī)
Thai: จดหมายเสียง (jòt-mǎai-sǐiang)
Ukrainian: голосова́ по́шта f (holosová póšta), автовідповіда́ч m (avtovidpovidáč)

message left on a voice mail system — see voice message

Verb edit

voicemail (third-person singular simple present voicemails, present participle voicemailing, simple past and past participle voicemailed)

To leave a message on voicemail.