inbox

See also: Inbox and in-box

English

An overflowing inbox and empty outbox.

Alternative forms

• in-box

Etymology

From in +‎ box.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnbɒks/, /ˈɪmbɒks/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnbɑks/, /ˈɪmbɑks/

Noun

inbox (plural inboxes)

1. A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.

   Synonyms: in-basket, in-tray

   Antonym: outbox

2. (computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.
   • 2014, Bonnie Hillman Shay, Take Charge of Your Email Inbox‎^[1], page 35:

     Your goal with the remaining emails is to take care of them and remove them from your inbox as soon as possible.

3. (figuratively) The aggregate of items that demand one's attention or effort.

   The kids, my ex, my parents, the job, bills — my inbox is full.

Related terms

• mailbox

Descendants

• → German: Inbox

Translations

container

• Arabic: صُنْدُوق الوَارِد m (ṣundūq al-wārid)
• Dutch: postvak (nl) n
• Finnish: saapuneet-laatikko, postilaatikko (fi)
• Maori: pouakauru
• Swedish: inkorg (sv) c
• Vietnamese: hộp thư đến

electronic folder

• Arabic: صُنْدُوق الوَارِد m (ṣundūq al-wārid), عُلْبَة الوَارِد f (ʕulba(t) al-wārid)
• Armenian: մուտքի արկղ (mutkʻi arkġ)
• Catalan: bústia electrònica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收件箱 (zh) (shōujiànxiāng), 收件匣 (zh) (shōujiànxiá)

• Czech: doručená pošta f, (computing) inbox m
• Danish: indbakke c
• Dutch: inbox (nl) m
• Finnish: saapuneet-kansio, saapuneet-laatikko
• French: boîte de réception (fr) f
• German: Posteingang (de) m, Inbox f
• Greek: εισερχόμενα (el) n pl (eiserchómena)
• Hungarian: levelesláda (hu) (literally “letterbox”); beérkező levelek, beérkezett levelek, bejövő levelek (literally “incoming mail”)
• Icelandic: viðtökuhólf n, innhólf n
• Irish: bocsa isteach
• Italian: posta in arrivo f
• Japanese: 受信箱 (じゅしんばこ, jushinbako)
• Macedonian: примени пораки f pl (primeni poraki)
• Maori: pouakauru
• Norwegian: innboks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innboks
• Persian: صندوق ورودی (sanduq-e vorudi)
• Polish: skrzynka odbiorcza f
• Portuguese: caixa de entrada f
• Russian: почто́вый я́щик (ru) m (počtóvyj jáščik)
• Scottish Gaelic: bogsa a-steach
• Spanish: buzón de entrada m
• Swedish: inkorg (sv) c
• Vietnamese: hộp thư đến, hòm thư đến
• Welsh: blwch post (cy), mewnflwch m

See also

• agenda
• to-do list

 

Verb

inbox (third-person singular simple present inboxes, present participle inboxing, simple past and past participle inboxed)

1. (transitive) To put (something) in someone's inbox.

   I just inboxed you the presentation.

2. (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by writing to their electronic inbox.
   • 2014, J. L. King, Full Circle: Loving. Living. Life. After The Down Low:

     And now, social media has made it worse. From Facebook to Twitter, I get all kinds of invitations. Recently a sister inboxed me on Facebook and told me that she knew for a fact that I wanted her and she wanted me.

Synonyms

• message

See also

• inbox zero
• outbox

References

• “inbox”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• box in

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English inbox.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧box

Noun

inbox m (plural inboxen)

1. (computing) inbox (folder for incoming electronic files such as emails)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimboɡs/ [ˈĩm.boɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -imboɡs

Noun

inbox m (plural inbox)

1. (computing) inbox

Swedish

Noun

inbox c

1. (computing) an inbox

   Synonym: inkorg

   Antonym: utkorg

Declension

Declension of inbox

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	inbox	inbox
	definite	inboxen	inboxens
plural	indefinite	inboxar	inboxars
	definite	inboxarna	inboxarnas

References

• inbox in Svensk ordbok (SO)