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PRONUNCIATION OF AIR LETTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIR LETTER

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Air letter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIR LETTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aerogram

An Aerogram, Aérogramme or Air Letter is a thin lightweight piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter for transit via airmail, in which the letter and envelope are one and the same. Most postal administrations forbid enclosures in these light letters, which are usually sent abroad at a preferential rate. Printed warnings existed to say that an enclosure would cause the mail to go at the higher letter rate. The use of the term aerogramme was officially endorsed at the 1952 Universal Postal Union Postal Union Congress in Brussels. Thereafter, the term air letter quickly faded from use. Most aerograms have an imprinted stamp indicating the prepayment of postage. As such, this meets the definition of being postal stationery. However, some countries such as New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Ireland, sell unstamped aerograms. Unstamped aerograms are referred to as formular aerograms and can be issued by either postal authorities or by private companies. Senders are required to write their name and address on the reverse.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIR LETTER

air gas
air guitar
air gun
air hardening
air hole
air hostess
air inlet
air jacket
air kiss
air lane
air marshal
air mass
air mattress
air mile
Air Miles
air miss
Air Officer
air pistol
air plant
air pocket

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIR LETTER

better
cover letter
for that matter
for the better
getter
go one better
had better
letter
love letter
netter
newsletter
open letter
petter
setter
the better
the letter
to the letter
trendsetter
vetter
wetter
with a capital letter

Synonyms and antonyms of air letter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «air letter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIR LETTER

Find out the translation of air letter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of air letter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «air letter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

风信
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carta del aire
570 millions of speakers

English

air letter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवा पत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرسالة الهواء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воздуха письмо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carta ar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বায়ু চিঠি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lettre de l´air
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Surat udara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luft Brief
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

航空書簡
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공기 편지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Surat udara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thư không khí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காற்று கடிதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवा पत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hava harfi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lettera aria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

list lotniczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повітря лист
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scrisoare de aer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιστολή αέρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lug brief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luft brev
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luft brev
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of air letter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR LETTER»

The term «air letter» is normally little used and occupies the 132.993 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR LETTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about air letter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIR LETTER»

Discover the use of air letter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to air letter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Other People's Mail: An Anthology of Letter Stories
These are the themes of our time, and the themes of the stories in Other People's Mail. Offering seventeen stories written by a culturally diverse group of authors, Other People's Mail represents what letter tales, at their best, can do.
Gail Pool, 2000
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History of Air Cargo and Airmail from the 18th Century
... ounce and 3d for each subsequent ounce for letters, postcards at 2 Ad each and an air letter service on special forms sold by the Post Office at an inclusive charge of 3d each. The latter proved very popular and constituted about 80% 145  ...
Camille Allaz, 2005
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(2) Unmutilated aerogrammes (air- letter sheets), for postage value less 1 cent for each aerogramme redeemed. (3) Unmutilated single and double postal cards, for 85 percent of postage value plus full value of postage added as a result of rate ...
4
Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl
Dahl, Letter to his mother, 02/13/43—RDMSC 14/5/2/4. Roald Dahl, Letter to William Teeling, 03/16/43—RDMSC RD 1/4/1/107. C. G. Caines, Asst. Under Secretary of State for Air, Letter to Air Commodore William Thornton, 01/25/43— RDMSC ...
Donald Sturrock, 2011
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Strategic Issues in Air Transport: Legal, Economic and ...
See Volcanic ash cloud grounds flights over UK, The Air Letter, No. 16,967, Thursday, 15 April 2010 at 2. The problem was unprecedented as, unlike in earlier volcanic eruptions elsewhere, this eruption affected airspace over some European ...
Ruwantissa Abeyratne, 2012
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... job is to operate a gun: Too old for piloting in 1939 he became an air gunner with 235 Squadron Coastal Command. air letter airmail letter air letter - (also: aerogramme) a sheet of light paper forming a letter for sending by airmail: An air letter ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Routledge German Dictionary of Business, Commerce, and ...
... per - комм by air mail Luftpost Luftpostbrief m комм aérogramme, air letter, air- mail letter; Luftpostleichtbrief m комм aero- gramme, air letter; Luftpostpapier ni комм air-mail paper Luft-: Luftqualitätsstandard m UMWELT ambient Standard ...
‎1997
8
Legal and Regulatory Issues of Computer Reservation Systems ...
183 Interavia Air Letter, Friday 23 April 1993, No 12, 730 at 2. See also, Aviation Daily, May 25 1993 at 305 where Japan Airlines is reported to have claimed that the bilateral air services agreement between the United States and Japan had to  ...
Ruwantissa Indranath Ramya Abeyratne, 1995
9
Webster's II New College Dictionary
Lacking a breeze : sni i . — air'less-ness n. air letter n. 1. An airmail letter. 2. A sheet of airmail paper that can be folded as an envelope with a message inside : aerogram. air-lift (ar'llft') «. A system of transporting troops or supplies by air when  ...
Webster's New World Dictionary, Editors Of Webster's II Dictionaries, 2005
10
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
An air letter is composed of a sheet of paper suitably folded and sealed, whose dimensions, under that form, must be those of post cards. The front part of the sheet thus folded is reserved for the address, and must obligatorin bear the printed ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIR LETTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term air letter is used in the context of the following news items.
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NGOs Push EPA on Residual Risk Rules
Further updates will be provided in subsequent issues of the Air Letter. © 2015 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. All rights reserved. Printer-friendly ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
2
Golf: His master's voice teed up again
"I got this air letter from the Morrinsville principal." The news of his impending departure didn't go down too well with his parents, the late Doris ... «New Zealand Herald, Jan 15»
3
What it was like to watch Mount Vesuvius erupt in 1944
As I said in my last air letter, we have recently been told that we can say almost anything we like about it. I have no doubt that I won't be able to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
4
History Mystery: Kenosha woman was missionary in India
This week's mystery: When did the first air letter arrive in Kenosha? To see previous History Mystery articles visit the Kenosha News website ... «Kenosha News, Sep 13»
5
Japanese man asks mayor of Aberdeen, Wash., a Pacific coast town …
I don't use any electric tools now here, so please, to me by air letter!” The postcard was dated Aug. 6 and was simply addressed to “The ... «New York Daily News, Sep 12»
6
Washington mayor's postcard from Japanese tsunami victim: Let me …
'If you find some, please let me know any news,' he wrote, adding: 'I don't use any electric tools now here, so please, to me by air letter!'. «Daily Mail, Sep 12»
7
Leeds nostalgia: Letters special
I have asked so many people if they have heard of air letter photographs but no-one ever has. My friends are all in their 80s – I am 83 – and I ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jun 12»
8
Can nothing be done to keep the gap year going?
In those days there was no blogging or texting, just the occasional air letter home containing – some things never change – requests for more ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 11»
9
In-flight proposals take love to new heights
I was able to change my seat to the row in front of her, then thinking creatively, I found a complimentary air letter stationery in the seat pocket, ... «Examiner.com, Feb 11»
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Airmail: The allure of the long-distance air letter
Airmail: The allure of the long-distance air letter. The young woman behind the desk at my local post office looked bewildered. “I think we've got ... «Express.co.uk, Feb 11»

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