email address

/ˈiːmeɪl əˈdɹɛs/

noun

A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

Meanings

nounemail address (plural email addresses)

plural email addresses · alternative e-mail address

  1. A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

    Synonyms: e-dress, e-mail, email ID, mailaddr

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

More synonyms by meaning

nounan identifier that a person uses as their identity to communicate on the email system

Broader
addresscomputer addressreference
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans e-posadres
  • e-posadresunique identifier
Arabic عُنْوَان بَرِيد إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ, عِنْوَان بَرِيد إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ
  • عُنْوَان بَرِيد إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʕunwān barīd ʔiliktrūniyy)unique identifier
  • عِنْوَان بَرِيد إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (ʕinwān barīd ʔiliktrūniyy)unique identifier
Bengali ইমেইল ঠিকানা
  • ইমেইল ঠিকানা (imeil ṭhikana)unique identifier
Bulgarian адре́с на електро́нната по́ща, име́йл адре́с
  • адре́с на електро́нната по́ща (adrés na elektrónnata póšta)unique identifier
  • име́йл адре́с (iméjl adrés)unique identifier
Catalan adreça electrònica
  • adreça electrònicaunique identifier
Chinese Mandarin 電子郵件地址 /电子邮件地址, 伊妹兒地址 /伊妹儿地址
  • 電子郵件地址 /电子邮件地址 (diànzǐ yóujiàn dìzhǐ)unique identifier
  • 伊妹兒地址 /伊妹儿地址 (yīmèir dìzhǐ)unique identifier
Czech e-mailová adresa
  • e-mailová adresaunique identifier
Danish e-mail-adresse
  • e-mail-adresseunique identifier
Dutch e-mailadres
  • e-mailadresunique identifier
Esperanto retpoŝta adreso
  • retpoŝta adresounique identifier
Estonian e-posti aadress, meiliaadress
  • e-posti aadressunique identifier
  • meiliaadressunique identifier
Finnish sähköpostiosoite
  • sähköpostiosoiteunique identifier
French adresse électronique, adresse courriel
  • adresse électroniqueunique identifier
  • adresse courrielunique identifier
  • adresse de courrier électroniqueunique identifier
  • adresse e-mailunique identifier
  • adresse de messagerieunique identifier
  • adresse mailunique identifier
German E-Mail-Adresse
  • E-Mail-Adresseunique identifier
Greek διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου
  • διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου (diéfthynsi ilektronikoú tachydromeíou)unique identifier
Hebrew כתובת דואר אלקטרוני, כתובת דוא״ל
  • כתובת דואר אלקטרוניunique identifier
  • כתובת דוא״לunique identifier
Hindi ईमेल पता
  • ईमेल पता (īmel patā)unique identifier
Hungarian e-mail-cím, ímélcím
  • e-mail-címunique identifier
  • ímélcímunique identifier
Icelandic netfang, tölvupóstfang
  • netfangunique identifier
  • tölvupóstfangunique identifier
Indonesian alamat email
  • alamat emailunique identifier
Irish seoladh ríomhphoist
  • seoladh ríomhphoistunique identifier
Italian indirizzo e-mail, indirizzo di posta elettronica
  • indirizzo e-mailunique identifier
  • indirizzo di posta elettronicaunique identifier
Japanese 電子メールアドレス, メールアドレス
  • 電子メールアドレス (denshi mēru adoresu)unique identifier
  • メールアドレス (mēru adoresu)unique identifier
  • メルアド (meruado)unique identifier
  • メアド (meado)unique identifier
  • アドレス (adoresu)unique identifier
Korean 전자 우편 주소, 이메일 주소
  • 전자 우편 주소 (jeonja upyeon juso)unique identifier
  • 이메일 주소 (imeil juso)unique identifier
  • 메일 주소 (meil juso)unique identifier
Latin īnscrīptiō ēlectrōnica
  • īnscrīptiō ēlectrōnicaunique identifier
Latvian e-pasta adrese
  • e-pasta adreseunique identifier
Lithuanian elektroninio pašto adresas
  • elektroninio pašto adresasunique identifier
Malay alamat emel, alamat e-mel
  • alamat emelunique identifier
  • alamat e-melunique identifier
Norwegian Bokmål e-postadresse, mailadresse
  • e-postadresseunique identifier
  • mailadresseunique identifier
Polish adres mailowy, adres mejlowy
  • adres mailowyunique identifier
  • adres mejlowyunique identifier
  • adres poczty elektronicznejunique identifier
Portuguese endereço de e-mail, endereço eletrónico
  • endereço de e-mailunique identifier
  • endereço eletrónicounique identifier
Romanian adresă electronică, adresă de e-mail
  • adresă electronicăunique identifier
  • adresă de e-mailunique identifier
Russian а́дрес электро́нной по́чты, а́дрес име́йл
  • а́дрес электро́нной по́чты (ádres elektrónnoj póčty)unique identifier
  • а́дрес име́йл (ádres iméjl)unique identifier
Slovak e-mailová adresa, elektronická adresa
  • e-mailová adresaunique identifier
  • elektronická adresaunique identifier
Spanish dirección de correo electrónico
  • dirección de correo electrónicounique identifier
Swedish e-postadress
  • e-postadressunique identifier
Thai ที่อยู่อีเมล
  • ที่อยู่อีเมล (tîi-yùu-ii-meel)unique identifier
Turkish e-posta adresi
  • e-posta adresiunique identifier
Ukrainian адре́са електро́нної по́шти, адре́са іме́йл
  • адре́са електро́нної по́шти (adrésa elektrónnoji póšty)unique identifier
  • адре́са іме́йл (adrésa iméjl)unique identifier
Urdu بَرْقی ڈاک پَتَہ, ای میل پَتَہ
  • بَرْقی ڈاک پَتَہ (barqī ḍāk pata)unique identifier
  • ای میل پَتَہ (ī mel pata)unique identifier
Vietnamese địa chỉ thư điện tử
  • địa chỉ thư điện tửunique identifier
Cite this entry
APA

email address. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/email%20address

MLA

“email address.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/email%20address. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “email address,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/email%20address.

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