Meanings
plural voicemails
- uncountableA computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
Near-synonyms: voice mailbox, voicemailbox
Synonyms: voice mailbox, voicemailbox
- broadlycountableAn individual message on such a system.
In May 2023, the woman finally ended the relationship, prompting Kane to bombard her with abusive phone calls and voicemails, in one of which he demanded she give him £10,000 or he would shoot her and her family, the court heard.
2026 September 4, Duncan Leatherdale, “'Cruel abuser enjoyed' terrorising partner”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026Synonyms: voice message
present singular third person voicemails · participle present voicemailing · participle past voicemailed · past voicemailed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
nounAn individual message on such a system.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From voice + mail, genericized trademark.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَرِيد صَوْتِيّ
- بَرِيد صَوْتِيّ (barīd ṣawtiyy)system
Bulgarian гла́сова по́ща, телефо́нен секрета́р
- гла́сова по́ща (glásova póšta)system
- телефо́нен секрета́р (telefónen sekretár)system
Catalan bústia de veu
- bústia de veusystem
Chinese Mandarin 語音信箱 /语音信箱, 話音郵件 /话音邮件
- 語音信箱 /语音信箱 (yǔyīn xìnxiāng)system
- 話音郵件 /话音邮件 (huàyīn yóujiàn)system
Czech hlasová schránka
- hlasová schránkasystem
Dutch voicemail
- voicemailsystem
Estonian kõnepost
- kõnepostsystem
Finnish puheposti
- puhepostisystem
French boîte vocale, messagerie vocale
- boîte vocalesystem
- messagerie vocalesystem
- répondeursystem
German Voicemail, Anrufbeantworter
- Voicemailsystem
- Anrufbeantwortersystem
Greek φωνητικό ταχυδρομείο
- φωνητικό ταχυδρομείο (fonitikó tachydromeío)system
Hindi ध्वनि मेल, आवाज़ मेल
- ध्वनि मेल (dhvani mel)system
- आवाज़ मेल (āvāz mel)system
Hungarian hangposta
- hangpostasystem
Irish glórphost
- glórphostsystem
Italian voicemail, messaggeria vocale
- voicemailsystem
- messaggeria vocalesystem
Japanese ボイスメール, ヴォイスメール
- ボイスメール (boisu mēru)system
- ヴォイスメール (voisu mēru)system
- 留守番電話 (rusuban denwa)system
- 留守電 (rusuden)system
Korean 음성 사서함
- 음성 사서함 (eumseong saseoham)system
Malay mel suara
- mel suarasystem
Persian پست صوتی
- پست صوتی (post-e sowti)system
Polish poczta głosowa, wiadomość głosowa
- poczta głosowasystem
- wiadomość głosowamessage left on a voice mail system
- głosówkamessage left on a voice mail system
Portuguese correio de voz, voice mail
- correio de vozsystem
- voice mailsystem
Romanian voicemail, mesagerie vocală
- voicemailsystem
- mesagerie vocalăsystem
Russian голосова́я по́чта, автоотве́тчик
- голосова́я по́чта (golosovája póčta)system
- автоотве́тчик (avtootvétčik)system
- войс-ме́йл (vojs-mɛ́jl)system
- во́йс-мейл (vójs-mɛjl)system
Slovak hlasová schránka
- hlasová schránkasystem
Spanish buzón de voz, buzón vocal
- buzón de vozsystem
- buzón vocalsystem
- telefonemamessage left on a voice mail system
Swedish röstbrevlåda
- röstbrevlådasystem
Thai จดหมายเสียง
- จดหมายเสียง (jòt-mǎai-sǐiang)system
Ukrainian голосова́ по́шта, автовідповіда́ч
- голосова́ по́шта (holosová póšta)system
- автовідповіда́ч (avtovidpovidáč)system
Cite this entry
voicemail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voicemail
“voicemail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voicemail. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voicemail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voicemail.
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