par avion

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

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.

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

par avion

1. air mail

   Synonym: pos udara

• “par avion” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.