mailing list

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪlɪŋ lɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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Noun

mailing list (plural mailing lists)

1. A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients.
   • 2007, “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”, in Sound of Silver, performed by LCD Soundsystem:

     New York, I love you but you're bringing me down / […] / And oh! Take me off your mailing list / For kids who think it still exists

2. An email list.

Related terms

• direct mail
• mail merge

Translations

collection of names and addresses

• Arabic: قَائِمَة بَرِيدِيَّة f (qāʔima barīdiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郵寄名單 / 邮寄名单 (yóujì míngdān)

• Dutch: nieuwslijst m or f, adressenlijst (nl) m or f
• Estonian: postiloend
• Finnish: postituslista (fi)
• French: liste de diffusion (fr), fichier d’adresses (fr) m
• German: Mailingliste (de) f, Verteiler (de) m
• Icelandic: póstlisti m, (recipient file) viðtakendaskrá f
• Italian: mailing list (it) f, indirizzario (it) f, lista d'invio f
• Japanese: メーリングリスト (ja) (mēringu risuto)
• Korean: 메일링 리스트 (meilling riseuteu)
• Portuguese: lista de discussão (pt) f, lista de correio f, lista de difusão f
• Russian: спи́сок рассы́лки m (spísok rassýlki)
• Spanish: lista de correo f
• Ukrainian: спи́сок розси́лки m (spýsok rozsýlky)
• Vietnamese: danh sách thư, danh sách gửi thư, danh sách gởi thư, hộp thư chung

email list — see email list