aérogramme

American  

[air-uh-gram] / ˈɛər əˌgræm /

Or aerogram,

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.

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Etymology

Origin of aérogramme

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

Example Sentences

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 The 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

When I reached Cape Town, I got an aerogramme from my father, saying, “Right, time to come back now.”

From New York Times