courriel

== 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/ Rhymes: -uʁjɛl Hyphenation: cou‧rriel === Noun === courriel m (plural courriels) (Internet, countable) email (message) Synonyms: courrier électronique; message électronique; e-mail; mail, mél (Internet, uncountable) email (system) Synonyms: courrier électronique; messagerie électronique; e-mail (countable, informal) email address. ==== Hypernyms ==== message (1) messagerie (2) ==== Derived terms ==== adresse courriel courrieller courriel indésirable pourriel ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Questions de langue”, in academie-francaise.fr‎[3] (in French), Académie française, 10 May 2025 (last accessed)