gmail

[ˈd͡ʒiːˌmeɪl]

gmail is the alternative letter-case form of Gmail.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Gmail

Gmail

(trademark) A web-based e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).
- He has a Gmail account.
- For now, it’s hard to conclude that Sunak will succeed in rebooting a government that’s been reset more times than most people’s Gmail passwords.2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian

Gmail (plural Gmails)

(informal) A Gmail account.
- Afterwards, when Alex had dozed off, I […] logged on to my Gmail. I sat, gazing at him sleeping and really didn’t know what to write.2009, Lindsey Kelk, chapter 21, in I Heart New York, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 267
- [H]e saw an endless stack of Gmail accounts, one after the other. The tips of his fingers became cold as bone. He aimed at one of the Gmails and opened it, but he needed a user name and a password.2013, Andre Dubus III, “Listen Carefully as Our Options Have Changed”, in Dirty Love, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 47
(informal) An e-mail sent using Gmail.
- Although the service was free, Google planned to make money. It would include ads, or “sponsored links,” with each Gmail. […] For example, if someone wrote about a planned vacation, the person receiving the Gmail might notice sponsored links for airlines, travel agencies, or car rentals. Did this...2010, Stephanie Sammartino McPherson, “Branching Out in All Directions”, in Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Founders of Google (USA Today Lifeline Biographies), Minneapolis, Minn.: Twenty-First Century...
- My wife, Betty, for helping me get through the Gmails and the computer know-how.2023, Paul Nyberg, Willey’s I Wish I Were, New York, N.Y.: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN

Gmail (third-person singular simple present Gmails, present participle Gmailing, simple past and past participle Gmailed)

(ditransitive, informal) To send (someone) an e-mail using Gmail.
- Gmail me!
- I Googled my professor and found his home page . . . I Gmailed him my report.2008, Greg Holden, “Learning from Google: A 21st-Century Model for Success”, in Go Google: 20 Ways to Reach More Customers and Build Revenue with Google Business Tools, New York, N.Y.: AMACOM, →ISBN...

GMail

(trademark) Alternative letter-case form of Gmail.
- There is a major controversy brewing around GMail, the “free” e-mail service from Google providing 1 gigabyte of free storage, far more than any other ISP offers.2004, Paul Greenberg, CRM at the Speed of Light, Third Edition: Essential Customer Strategies for the 21st Century, page 120
- I got in to the oh-so-awesome GMail network courtesy of a friend last week. Now, another e-mail id to look after? That is not exactly convenient.2004 May 18, Sushubh Mittal, “Google GMail – The Email Experience”, in Search Engine Journal

Verb
third-person singular present	gmails
present participle	gmailing
past participle	gmailed
past	gmailed
third-person singular present	Gmails
present participle	Gmailing
past participle	Gmailed
past	Gmailed
Proper noun
alternative form	gmail
alternative form	GMail
alternative form	G-mail
Noun
plural	Gmails

Blend of Google + mail.

What does gmail mean?: Gmail means a web-based e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).
What is gmail the alternative letter-case form of?: Gmail is the alternative letter-case form of Gmail.
What part of speech is gmail?: Gmail can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gmail?: Gmail is pronounced [ˈd͡ʒiːˌmeɪl].

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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