pneumatiquen.

Brit.

/ˌnjuːmaˈtiːk/, U.S.

/ˌn(j)uməˈtik/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pneumatique.

Etymology: < French pneumatique (1913 in this sense), use as noun of pneumatique pneumatic adj. Compare earlier pneumatic adj. 2d and slightly later pneu n.³

A letter or message sent by the pneumatic post system in Paris (see pneumatic adj. 2d); (also) this system.The system was abolished in 1984.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance

post-letter1648

ship-letterc1675

by-letter1685

penny-post letter1686

way letter1710

by-night1766

cross-letter1789

twopenny1818

box letter1827

non-paid1829

balloon-letter1870

pigeongram1875

railway letter1891

pneumatogram1894

airmail1918

aerogram1919

airgram1919

air letter1920

pneumatique1924

pneu1926

snail mail1929

aerogramme1934

airgraph1941

1924 E. Hemingway Let. 9 Aug. (2013) II. 137 Ford..had stayed up all night writing pneumatiques.

1938 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. July (1964) 35 A pneumatique might reach Nanny at 23 rue Pascal-Lecointre.

1964 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 28 June 33/4 All the letters were sent by pneumatique—the giant system of suction pipes which links all the post offices in the Paris area and allows express letters to reach their destination in the city within 60 minutes.

1973 L. Snelling Heresy iii. ix. 191 I'll get off a pneumatique to his office.

1991 J. Richardson Life of Picasso I. xii. 180 To celebrate his departure he invited everyone..to a farewell dinner... Pneumatiques were sent summoning the girls.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pneumatique
释义	pneumatiquen. Brit. /ˌnjuːmaˈtiːk/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uməˈtik/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pneumatique. Etymology: < French pneumatique (1913 in this sense), use as noun of pneumatique pneumatic adj. Compare earlier pneumatic adj. 2d and slightly later pneu n.³ A letter or message sent by the pneumatic post system in Paris (see pneumatic adj. 2d); (also) this system.The system was abolished in 1984. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance post-letter1648 ship-letterc1675 by-letter1685 penny-post letter1686 way letter1710 by-night1766 cross-letter1789 twopenny1818 box letter1827 non-paid1829 balloon-letter1870 pigeongram1875 railway letter1891 pneumatogram1894 airmail1918 aerogram1919 airgram1919 air letter1920 pneumatique1924 pneu1926 snail mail1929 aerogramme1934 airgraph1941 1924 E. Hemingway Let. 9 Aug. (2013) II. 137 Ford..had stayed up all night writing pneumatiques. 1938 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. July (1964) 35 A pneumatique might reach Nanny at 23 rue Pascal-Lecointre. 1964 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 28 June 33/4 All the letters were sent by pneumatique—the giant system of suction pipes which links all the post offices in the Paris area and allows express letters to reach their destination in the city within 60 minutes. 1973 L. Snelling Heresy iii. ix. 191 I'll get off a pneumatique to his office. 1991 J. Richardson Life of Picasso I. xii. 180 To celebrate his departure he invited everyone..to a farewell dinner... Pneumatiques were sent summoning the girls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924
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