placard
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English placquert, 'official document,' from Middle French placquier, 'to plate'. Cognate of 'plaque' (1560)
Noun [edit]
placard (plural placards)
- A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
Translations [edit]
a sheet of paper or cardboard
Verb [edit]
placard (third-person singular simple present placards, present participle placarding, simple past and past participle placarded)
- To affix a placard to.
- To announce with placards.
- to placard a sale
Translations [edit]
to affix a placard to
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French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
placard m (plural placards)
- A cupboard, cabinet or closet built against or into a wall.
- An ad that is felt to be injurious, seditious or in otherwise bad taste.
- (dated) A placard.
Usage notes [edit]
- The use of placards for announcements by authorities having mostly disappeared, the word affiche frequently replaces it in that meaning.