aerogram

English

Etymology

From 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^[2], 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^[3], 17th edition, page 53:

     aerogram 1. A roentgenogram of an organ afer it has been injected with air; also called pneumogram.

Translations

foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter

• Danish: aerogram
• Finnish: ilmakirje
• French: aérogramme (fr) m
• Indonesian: aerogram (id)
• Japanese: 航空書簡 (こうくうしょかん, kōkū shōkan)
• Korean: 항공서간 (hanggongseogan)
• Polish: aerogram (pl) m
• Portuguese: aerograma m
• Russian: аэрогра́мма (ru) f (aerográmma)
• Spanish: aerograma (es) m
• Tagalog: aerograma
• Thai: จดหมายอากาศ

wireless message

• Russian: радиогра́мма (ru) f (radiográmma)

translations to be specified

• Japanese: 航空書簡 (kōkūshokan)

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

• “aerogram” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

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

Further reading

• aerogram in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego