airmail

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/ˈɛəɹ(ˌ)meɪl/

noun

The system of conveying mail using aircraft.

“to send a letter by airmail”

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airpost
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Meanings

nounairmail (countable and uncountable, plural airmails)

plural airmails · alternative air mail

  1. countableuncountableThe system of conveying mail using aircraft.

    to send a letter by airmail

  2. countableuncountableThe items of mail so carried.
verbairmail (third-person singular simple present airmails, present participle airmailing, simple past and past participle airmailed)

present singular third person airmails · participle present airmailing · participle past airmailed · past airmailed · alternative air mail

  1. transitiveTo send mail by air.
  2. ball gamesTo (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna system of conveying mail by aircraft

Similar
airpost
Broader
mailmail servicepostal service
Also see
airpost

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From air + mail.

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Translations

Afrikaans lugpos
  • lugposthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Arabic بَرِيد جَوِّيّ
  • بَرِيد جَوِّيّ (barīd jawwiyy)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
Bulgarian възду́шна по́ща
  • възду́шна по́ща (văzdúšna póšta)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
Chinese Mandarin 航空郵件 /航空邮件, 航空信
  • 航空郵件 /航空邮件 (hángkōng yóujiàn)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • 航空信 (hángkōngxìn)the items of mail carried using aircraft
Czech letecká pošta
  • letecká poštathe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Danish luftpost
  • luftpostthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Dutch luchtpost, airmail
  • luchtpostthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • airmailthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • luchtpostthe items of mail carried using aircraft
  • airmailthe items of mail carried using aircraft
Esperanto aerpoŝto
  • aerpoŝtothe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Estonian lennupost
  • lennupostthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Finnish lentoposti, lentoposti
  • lentopostithe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • lentopostithe items of mail carried using aircraft
  • lähettää lentopostinato send mail by air
French poste aérienne, Aéropostale
  • poste aériennethe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • Aéropostalethe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • poste aériennethe items of mail carried using aircraft
  • courrier aérienthe items of mail carried using aircraft
  • aérogrammethe items of mail carried using aircraft
German Luftpost, Luftpost
  • Luftpostthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • Luftpostthe items of mail carried using aircraft
  • per Luftpost schickento send mail by air
Hindi हवाई डाक
  • हवाई डाक (havāī ḍāk)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
Hungarian légiposta, légiposta
  • légipostathe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • légipostathe items of mail carried using aircraft
Icelandic flugpóstur
  • flugpósturthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Indonesian pos udara
  • pos udarathe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Irish aerphost
  • aerphostthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Italian posta aerea
  • posta aereathe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Japanese 航空便, 航空便
  • 航空便 (kōkūbin)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • 航空便 (kōkūbin)the items of mail carried using aircraft
Korean 항공우편, 항공편
  • 항공우편 (hanggong'upyeon)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • 항공편 (hanggongpyeon)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
Latvian gaisa pasts, lidpasts
  • gaisa paststhe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • lidpaststhe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • aviopaststhe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Lithuanian oro paštas
  • oro paštasthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Malay mel udara
  • mel udarathe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Norwegian Bokmål luftpost
  • luftpostthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Polish poczta lotnicza
  • poczta lotniczathe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Portuguese correio aéreo, postagem aérea
  • correio aéreothe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • postagem aéreathe items of mail carried using aircraft
Romanian poștă aeriană
  • poștă aerianăthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Russian авиапо́чта, авиапо́чта
  • авиапо́чта (aviapóčta)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • авиапо́чта (aviapóčta)the items of mail carried using aircraft
Slovak letecká pošta
  • letecká poštathe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Spanish correo aéreo, correo aéreo
  • correo aéreothe system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • correo aéreothe items of mail carried using aircraft
Swedish flygpost
  • flygpostthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Turkish uçak postası
  • uçak postasıthe system of conveying mail using aircraft
Ukrainian пові́тря́на по́шта, авіапо́шта
  • пові́тря́на по́шта (povítrjána póšta)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
  • авіапо́шта (aviapóšta)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
Urdu ہَوائی ڈاک
  • ہَوائی ڈاک (havāī ḍāk)the system of conveying mail using aircraft
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