voicemail
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voicemail
Where it comes from
From voice + mail, genericized trademark.
noun voicemails
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A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
Near-synonyms: voice mailbox, voicemailbox
Similar: voice mailbox, voicemailbox
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An 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.
Similar: voice message
verb voicemails · voicemailing · voicemailed
- To leave a message on voicemail.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mail, mailbox, message, courier, messenger, machine, voice, vocal, box, answering, correo, messaging, voice message, voicemailbox, voicebank, voice mailbox
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noun system
| Español | buzón de voz, buzón vocal |
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| 한국어 | 음성 사서함 eumseong saseoham |
| 日本語 | ボイスメール boisu mēru, ヴォイスメール voisu mēru, 留守番電話 rusuban denwa, 留守電 rusuden |
| 中文 | 語音信箱 /语音信箱 yǔyīn xìnxiāng, 話音郵件 /话音邮件 huàyīn yóujiàn |
| हिन्दी | ध्वनि मेल dhvani mel, आवाज़ मेल āvāz mel |
| Português | correio de voz, voice mail |
| Français | boîte vocale, messagerie vocale, répondeur |
| Deutsch | Voicemail, Anrufbeantworter |
| Italiano | voicemail, messaggeria vocale |
| Ελληνικά | φωνητικό ταχυδρομείο fonitikó tachydromeío |
| Română | voicemail, mesagerie vocală |
| Русский | голосова́я по́чта golosovája póčta, автоотве́тчик avtootvétčik, войс-ме́йл vojs-mɛ́jl, во́йс-мейл vójs-mɛjl |
| العربية | بَرِيد صَوْتِيّ barīd ṣawtiyy |
noun message left on a voice mail system
| Español | telefonema |
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Talk about this word "voicemail." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/voicemail. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. voicemail. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/voicemail "voicemail." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/voicemail.Cite this
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title = {voicemail},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/voicemail},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
