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pneumatique

UK/njuːmaˈtiːk/

pneumatique noun: the pneumatic postal system in Paris (abolished 1984), or a letter sent by this system.

Noun

pneumatique (plural pneumatiques)

  1. (historical) The pneumatic postal system in Paris (abolished 1984), or a letter sent by this system.
    • Then, full of imaginative and slightly sentimental resolution, he went out and posted the pneumatique.1928, Jean Rhys, Quartet, Penguin, published 2000, page 71
    • 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 (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 412

Forms of pneumatique

pluralpneumatiques

Origin of pneumatique

From French pneumatique.

Questions about pneumatique

What does pneumatique mean?
Pneumatique means the pneumatic postal system in Paris (abolished 1984), or a letter sent by this system.
What part of speech is pneumatique?
Pneumatique is a noun.
How do you pronounce pneumatique?
Pneumatique is pronounced /njuːmaˈtiːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of pneumatique?
The plural of pneumatique is pneumatiques.

Words near pneumatique in the dictionary

  1. pneumaticize
  2. pneumaticized
  3. pneumatick
  4. pneumaticks
  5. pneumatics
  6. pneumatique
  7. pneumatiques
  8. pneumatisation
  9. pneumatisations
  10. pneumatised
  11. pneumatism

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