pneumatique

From French pneumatique.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /njuːmaˈtiːk/

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.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /pnø.ma.tik/

pneumatique (plural pneumatiques)

1. pneumatic

pneumatique m (plural pneumatiques)

1. (rare) tyre (wheel covering)

   Synonym: pneu (much more common)

• “pneumatique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).