courrier
mail, post
noun koo-RYEH Less Common
Origin: Italian corriere (courier), from Latin currere (to run)
Also means
correspondence, messages
Usage Note
Courrier refers to postal mail (le courrier du matin = the morning post) and, in modern usage, to email in the compound courrier électronique, commonly shortened to courriel in Quebec. Courrier des lecteurs is the letters-to-the-editor section of a newspaper. The word is always masculine.
Examples
"Il attend une lettre dans son courrier."
Natural Translation
He is waiting for a letter in his mail.
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