voicemail

VOYS-mayl/ˈvɔɪsˌmeɪl/

Pluralvoicemails

Verbvoicemails, voicemailing, voicemailed

3 meanings of voicemail

1
nouncountable
A spoken message someone leaves for you when you do not answer your phone.
Like a note someone leaves on your desk, but spoken out loud.
She left me a voicemail about the change to our meeting time.
I had three voicemails waiting when I got back from lunch.
Similarmessage
2
noununcountable
A phone service that records spoken messages for you when you cannot pick up.
Like a mailbox, but it holds spoken messages instead of letters.
Most companies send after-hours calls straight to voicemail.
Set up voicemail before you start using your new phone.
3
verbtransitive
To leave a spoken message for someone on their phone system.
Like leaving a sticky note, but you say it out loud into the phone.
I'll voicemail you the address after the call.
She voicemailed him twice before he finally called back.

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Origin

It comes from the words "voice" and "mail", and started as a brand name.