pneumatique
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French pneumatique.
Pronunciation
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Noun
pneumatique (plural pneumatiques)
- (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.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 412:
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
Adjective
pneumatique (plural pneumatiques)
Noun
pneumatique m (plural pneumatiques)
Further reading
- “pneumatique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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