mailer
See also: Mailer
English
Etymology
mail + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
mailer (plural mailers)
- One who sends mail.
- 2009, Robert Bly, 88 Money-Making Writing Jobs (page 133)
- Large and frequent mailers may send material on a monthly basis to their house lists, test acquisitions several times a year to drum up new donors, and perhaps do a few special appeals on top of that.
- 2009, Robert Bly, 88 Money-Making Writing Jobs (page 133)
- A computer program that sends electronic mail.
- A packet or container designed for postal use.
- The cassette came in a brown paper mailer.
- A mailshot; advertising sent by mail.
- 1957, Printers' Ink (volume 260, page 43)
- Lasky Co., Newark (N. J.) printer, has been using a direct-mail campaign slanted toward this problem. Latest mailer, an oversized post card, has on the address side a colorful drawing of a bird perched on top of a sign post.
- 1982, NHFA's CompetitivEdge (volume 56, page 71)
- Do they recall your latest mailer? Did you ever sell an armoire through ads on hard-rock radio? Find out with low-cost "intercept" surveys of customers as they leave the store.
- 1957, Printers' Ink (volume 260, page 43)
Related terms
Anagrams
- Elmira, Mari El, Mariel, remail
French
Etymology
mail + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
mailer
- to email (send an email)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mailer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | mailer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | mailant /mɛ.lɑ̃/ or /me.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | mailé /mɛ.le/ or /me.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | maile /mɛl/ | mailes /mɛl/ | maile /mɛl/ | mailons /mɛ.lɔ̃/ or /me.lɔ̃/ | mailez /mɛ.le/ or /me.le/ | mailent /mɛl/ |
imperfect | mailais /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ | mailais /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ | mailait /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ | mailions /mɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /me.ljɔ̃/ | mailiez /mɛ.lje/ or /me.lje/ | mailaient /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | mailai /mɛ.le/ or /me.le/ | mailas /mɛ.la/ or /me.la/ | maila /mɛ.la/ or /me.la/ | mailâmes /mɛ.lam/ or /me.lam/ | mailâtes /mɛ.lat/ or /me.lat/ | mailèrent /mɛ.lɛʁ/ or /me.lɛʁ/ | |
future | mailerai /mɛl.ʁe/ | maileras /mɛl.ʁa/ | mailera /mɛl.ʁa/ | mailerons /mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | mailerez /mɛl.ʁe/ | maileront /mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | mailerais /mɛl.ʁɛ/ | mailerais /mɛl.ʁɛ/ | mailerait /mɛl.ʁɛ/ | mailerions /mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /me.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | maileriez /mɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /me.lə.ʁje/ | maileraient /mɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | maile /mɛl/ | mailes /mɛl/ | maile /mɛl/ | mailions /mɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /me.ljɔ̃/ | mailiez /mɛ.lje/ or /me.lje/ | mailent /mɛl/ |
imperfect2 | mailasse /mɛ.las/ or /me.las/ | mailasses /mɛ.las/ or /me.las/ | mailât /mɛ.la/ or /me.la/ | mailassions /mɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /me.la.sjɔ̃/ | mailassiez /mɛ.la.sje/ or /me.la.sje/ | mailassent /mɛ.las/ or /me.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | maile /mɛl/ | — | mailons /mɛ.lɔ̃/ or /me.lɔ̃/ | mailez /mɛ.le/ or /me.le/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “mailer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- limera