Gmailとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of Google +‎ mail.

発音

• IPA: [ˈd͡ʒiːˌmeɪl]

固有名詞

Gmail

1. (trademark) A webbased e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).

   He has a Gmail account.

   • 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

派生語

• Gmailer

名詞

Gmail (plural Gmails)

1. (informal) A Gmail account.
   • 2009, Lindsey Kelk, chapter 21, in I Heart New York, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 267:

     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.

   • 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:

     [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.

   • 2022, Begaim Adilkhanova, “A Learning Journey by Being Far and Near: A Lesson Designed in the R2D2 Framework”, in Curtis J[ay] Bonk, Meina Zhu, editors, Transformative Teaching Around the World: Stories of Cultural Impact, Technology Integration, and Innovative Pedagogy, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →ISBN, Section 3 (Teaching With Technology), Introduction:

     Then I switched to my Gmail and found a heart-melting email from Rustem (Jordan), who was born in Kazakhstan and then adopted by an American family.

2. (informal) An e-mail sent using Gmail.
   • 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 Books, →ISBN, page 69:

     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 mean someone at Google was reading the Gmails? No, but many users were uneasy and indignant.

   • 2023, Paul Nyberg, Willey’s I Wish I Were‎, New York, N.Y.: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:

     My wife, Betty, for helping me get through the Gmails and the computer know-how.

   • 2024, Raphael Golb, “A Small Controversy in Lower Manhattan”, in The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

     Clearly he is alluding to the Gmails I sent parodying the well-known Dead Sea Scrolls pundit and distinguished department chairman Lawrence Schiffman of New York University—parodies that made him appear to be accusing himself of misconduct.

動詞

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

1. (informal, ditransitive) To send (someone) an e-mail using Gmail.

   Gmail me!

   • 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, Part I (Getting Ready to Go Google), page 3:

     I Googled my professor and found his home page . . . I Gmailed him my report.

アナグラム

• ligma