Monday, March 7, 2016

email, émail

email or e-mail ( rarely capitalized ) means electronic mail, the message you get on your computer--
Just send an email when you find out about the job.
This mails seems to be spam, but I'm not sure.

Email or émail is a French word, used in English to mean a kind of enamel, or decorative enamel ware--
He wants to see the old piece of émail that's included in the auction.
This émail is a copy of an older work; the technique is not the same.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The antique dealer sent an email about that piece of  émail you admired."

Note--the French word for "email", meaning electronic mail, is "mél" ( rhymes with mail ), short for "message électronique"--
He has a French pen-pal who sends him "mél".

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