Spam

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Etymology 1.1.2 Usage note 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Etymology 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Intransitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 German 3.1 Noun 4 Interlingua 4.1 Noun 5 Portuguese 5.1 Noun 6 Romanica 6.1 Noun 7 Turkish 7.1 Noun

English

Proper noun

SPAM®, Spam (in informal use), spam (in informal use)

Etymology

spiced ham, or (disputed): Sliced Pressed American Meat abbreviated on military packaging

1. Tinned meat made mainly from ham by Hormel Foods Corporation.

Usage note

• When used as a trademark, SPAM should be written in all capital letters.

Noun

spam (plural: spams)

Etymology

From a Monty Python sketch about the proper noun which featured Vikings who would not stop singing the word.

1. (uncountable noun) A collection of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

   I get far too much spam.

2. (countable noun) An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, e.g. by email or newsgroups.

   I received 58 spams yesterday.

Derived terms

• spamvertising

Translations

• Finnish: roskaposti, spämmi
• French: spam m, pourriel m
• German: Spam m
• Interlingua: spam (1,2)
• Portuguese: spam m (1,2)
• Romanica: spam m
• Russian: спам m
• Swedish: spam (1)

Intransitive verb

to spam (spammed, spammed)

1. To send spam,i.e.unsolicited electronic messages.

Translations

• German: spammen
• Interlingua: spammar
• Portuguese: spamear or espamear (?)
• Romanica: spammar
• Swedish: spamma

See also

Wikipedia article on spamming

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French

Noun

spam m

1. spam (in computing)

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German

Noun

Spam m

1. spam (in computing)

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Interlingua

Noun

spam

1. spam (in computing)

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Portuguese

Noun

spam m

1. spam (in computing)

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Romanica

Noun

spam (plural: spams)

1. spam (in computing)

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Turkish

Noun

yığın ileti

1. Istenmeyen yığın ileti (or İYİ for short in computing)
2. Yığın ileti
3. çöp ileti