aerogram

English

Etymology

aero- + -gram

Noun

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.
  3. A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.
  4. (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/
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  • 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): [aeˈroɡram]
  • 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

Etymology

From aero- + -gram. First attested in 1902.[1]

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

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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