par avion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French par avion (“by plane”), a phrase often printed or stamped on air mail envelopes.

Prepositional phrase

par avion

  1. By air mail.
    • 1946 August 19, John Cheever, “[Letter to Don and Katrina Ettlinger]”, in The Letters of John Cheever, published 1989, →ISBN, page 119:
      I’ve written you before but I forgot to send it par avion and it probably won’t get there before Christmas.
    • 2006, J. G. Hayes, A Map of the Harbor Islands, →ISBN, page 25:
      He was sent to Vietnam to kill people. Signed up for a stupor-second tour when the loved one repudiated him Par Avion.
    • 2021, Angela Mi Young Hur, Foklorn‎[1], →ISBN:
      I have vague memories of her writing on blue airmail stationery—delicate sheets that tuck into themselves—ready to be sealed, stamped, and sent par avion.

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French par avion (“by plane”).

Noun

par avion

  1. air mail
    Synonym: pos udara

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