🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

envoyer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɑ̃vwae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Send/sɛnd/
verbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #250 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Je vais envoyer un message."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause something to go or be taken to a particular destination.

    "She decided to send a letter to her grandmother."
  2. 2

    To cause to happen or produce a specific effect or message rapidly via electronic means.

    "Please send the file to my email address by tonight."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'sendan', meaning 'to cause to go, send, or dispatch', which stems from the Proto-Germanic '*sandijaną' (to go, journey). Over centuries, its scope expanded from physical transit to encompass electronic communication and data transmission in the modern era.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Send"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Send"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Send" Synonym Map