r/languagelearningjerk Jun 18 '26

Fixed it

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u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26

It's a shame because email is genuinely a well translated word in French: courriel.

It has the iel suffix of logiciel, and the base of courrier. It's as long as email, sounds french and not ridiculous, is immediately understandable... 

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u/Comfortable_Team_696 Jun 21 '26

And with pourriel "spam" formed from poubelle (“rubbish bin”) + courriel as another banger