English

Noun

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.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pnø.ma.tik/

Adjective

pneumatique m, f ‎(plural pneumatiques)

1. pneumatic

Noun

pneumatique m ‎(plural pneumatiques)

1. (rare) tyre (wheel covering)

Synonyms

• (tyre): pneu (much more common)