airmail

See also: air mail

English

Airmail postage stamp

Etymology

air +‎ mail

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.meɪl/

Noun

airmail (countable and uncountable, plural airmails)

The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
The items of mail so carried.

Translations

the system of conveying mail using aircraft

Arabic: بَرِيد جَوِّيّ‎‎ m (barīd jawwiyy)
Belarusian: ляту́чая по́шта f (ljatúčaja póšta), авіяпо́шта m (avijapóšta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 航空郵件 (zh), 航空邮件 (zh) (hángkōng yóujiàn)
Czech: letecká pošta f
Danish: luftpost
Dutch: luchtpost (nl) m, f, airmail (nl) m, f
Esperanto: aerpoŝto
Finnish: lentoposti (fi)
French: poste aérienne f, aérogramme (fr) m
German: Luftpost (de) f
Hindi: हवाई डाक f (havāī ḍāk)

Hungarian: légiposta (hu)
Irish: aerphost m
Japanese: 航空便 (こうくうびん, kōkūbin)
Korean: 항공우편 (ko) (hanggong-upyeon)
Latvian: gaisa pasts, lidpasts
Persian: پست هوائی‎‎ (post havâyi)
Polish: poczta lotnicza f
Portuguese: correio aéreo m
Russian: авиапо́чта (ru) f (aviapóčta)
Spanish: correo aéreo m
Ukrainian: пові́тря́на по́шта f (povítrjána póšta), авіапо́шта (uk) f (aviapóšta)
Urdu: ہوائی ڈاک‎‎ f (havā'ī ḍāk)

the items of mail carried using aircraft

Chinese:
Mandarin: 航空信 (zh) (hángkōngxìn)
Dutch: luchtpost (nl) m, f, airmail (nl) m, f
Finnish: lentoposti (fi)
French: poste aérienne m, courrier aérien m
German: Luftpost (de) f

Hungarian: légiposta (hu)
Japanese: 航空便 (こうくうびん, kōkūbin)
Portuguese: postagem aérea f
Russian: авиапо́чта (ru) f (aviapóčta)
Spanish: correo aéreo m

Verb

airmail (third-person singular simple present airmails, present participle airmailing, simple past and past participle airmailed)

(transitive) To send mail by air.

Translations

to send mail by air

Finnish: lähettää lentopostina

German: per Luftpost schicken

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