pneu
French → English
(transport) Tire: a rubber ring filled with compressed air that surrounds a vehicle's wheel.
Le garagiste doit vérifier la pression de chaque pneu avant le long voyage.
(English) The mechanic must check the pressure of each tire before the long trip.
J'ai dû changer mon pneu arrière droit car j'ai roulé sur un clou.
(English) I had to change my back right tire because I ran over a nail.
(history) Pneumatic message: a letter sent through a system of pressurized air tubes in early 20th-century Paris.
Il lui a envoyé un pneu pour l'inviter à dîner le soir même.
(English) He sent her a pneumatic message to invite her to dinner that very evening.
Dans ses mémoires, il raconte l'efficacité du système des pneus à Paris.
(English) In his memoirs, he talks about the efficiency of the pneumatic message system in Paris.
Entry ID: fr:en:pneu · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary