e-bost

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === ebost === Etymology === Partial calque of English e-mail. By surface analysis, e- +‎ post (“mail”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛbɔsd/, [ˈɛbɔst] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈeːbɔsd/, [ˈeːbɔst], /ˈɛbɔsd/, [ˈɛbɔst] === Noun === e-bost m (plural e-byst or e-bostiau or e-bostiadau) email ==== Usage notes ==== Although still officially written with a hyphen, this word is usually pronounced nowadays as if the hyphen were unwritten, i.e. with the stress on the first syllable. ==== Derived terms ==== atodiad e-bost (“email attachment”) e-bostio (“to email”) e-bost sothach (“junk email”) neges e-bost (“email (message)”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “e-bost”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies