pneumatique

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French pneumatique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njuːmaˈtiːk/

Noun

pneumatique (plural pneumatiques)

1. (historical) The pneumatic postal system in Paris (abolished 1984), or a letter sent by this system.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 412:

     Thus were great love-letters born – they would be sent by pneumatique and a helmeted motor cyclist would deliver them, like Mercury himself, within the hour.

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French

Etymology

From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pnø.ma.tik/

Adjective

pneumatique (plural pneumatiques)

1. pneumatic

Noun

pneumatique m (plural pneumatiques)

1. (rare) tyre (wheel covering)

   Synonym: pneu (much more common)

Further reading

• “pneumatique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.