aerogram

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.
   • 1935, William Alexander Newman Dorland and E. C. Miller, Illustrated medical dictionary‎, 17^h edition, page 53:

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

   Synonym: airgram

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) Portuguese: aerograma m Russian: аэрогра́мма (ru) f (aerográmma) Spanish: aerograma (es) m Thai: จดหมายอากาศ

wireless message

Russian: радиогра́мма (ru) f (radiográmma)

translations to be specified

Japanese: 航空書簡 (kōkūshokan)

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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. An aerogramme (thin piece of paper for transit via airmail).

   Synonym: luchtpostblad

Descendants

• → Indonesian: aérogram

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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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.