aérogramme

or aer·o·gram, aer·o·gramme

[ air-uh-gram ]

noun

1. a sheet of lightweight paper, bearing an official postal stamp imprint, that is folded to form its own envelope and can be sent via airmail at a special, low rate because of its standard size, light weight, and lack of enclosures.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aérogramme¹

From French, dating back to 1895–1900; aero-, -gram ¹

Example Sentences

The German man's small, correct handwriting mentioned unmentionable things—bed conversations were recreated on the thin blue sheets of aerogramme letters.

From Literature

But that didn't keep him from sending me an aerogramme every week, which always ended the same way: Come and visit.

From Literature

The last aerogramme added a postscript: Only a few weeks left before I head back to New York.

From Literature

I typed up an earnest request on a light-blue aerogramme and fed it into a bright-red postbox.

From Wall Street Journal

The elephant is a replica of a drawing her father had done for Gogol over twenty-seven years ago, in the margins of an aerogramme.

From Literature