aerogram

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English

Etymology

aero- +‎ -gram

Noun

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aerogram (plural aerograms)

  1. (dated) A wireless message.
    • 1890, “Our New Satellite”, in English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the Mechanic", "Scientific Opinion," and the "British and Foreign Mechanic.", volume 50, E. J. Kibblewhite, page 499:
      An aërogram to the Examiner yesterday from Quito announced the success of the second attempt, and details of the achievement were at once secured.
  2. (dated, rare) A telegram whose transmission included at least one segment sent via airplane.
    • 1919, The Electrical Review‎, volume 84, H. Alabaster, Gatehouse & Company, page 538:
      Mr. Holt Thomas gave some details of a projected scheme of communication which combined the telephone or telegraph with the aeroplane. Messages sent by the system would be described as aerograms.
  4. A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.
  5. (medicine, rare) A pneumogram.
    Synonym: airgram
    • 1935, William Alexander Newman Dorland, E. C. Miller, Illustrated medical dictionary‎, 17th edition, page 53:
      aerogram 1. A roentgenogram of an organ afer it has been injected with air; also called pneumogram.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English aerogram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛː.roːˈɣrɑm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ae‧ro‧gram

Noun

aerogram n (plural aerogramen)

  1. aerogram (a thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail)
    Synonym: luchtpostblad

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: aérogram

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch aerogram, from English aerogram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: aé‧ro‧gram

Noun

aérogram (first-person possessive aerogramku, second-person possessive aerogrammu, third-person possessive aerogramnya)

  1. aerogram (a thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail)

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

From aero- +‎ -gram. First attested in 1902.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.ɡram/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡram
  • Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧gram

Noun

aerogram m inan

  1. aerogram (a thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail)

Declension

Declension of aerogram
singular plural
nominative aerogram aerogramy
genitive aerogramu aerogramów
dative aerogramowi aerogramom
accusative aerogram aerogramy
instrumental aerogramem aerogramami
locative aerogramie aerogramach
vocative aerogramie aerogramy

References

  1. ^ Dziennik Poznański : wychodzi codziennie z wyjątkiem poniedziałków i dni poświętnych‎ (in Polish), volume 44, number 216, 1902 September 19, page 3

Further reading

  • aerogram in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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