placard

English

Etymology

Middle English placquert, 'official document,' from Middle French placquier, 'to plate'. Cognate of 'plaque' (1560)

Noun

placard (plural placards)

1. A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.

Translations

a sheet of paper or cardboard

• Dutch: plakkaat (nl) n
• Esperanto: afiŝo (eo)
• Finnish: juliste (fi)
• German: Plakat (de) n
• Irish: fógra (ga) m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can

• Norwegian: plakat (no) m
• Russian: афи́ша (ru) (afíša) f (theatral, circus or cinema), плака́т (ru) (plakát) m, объявле́ние (ru) (ob"javlénije) n
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: afitche (wa) f

Verb

placard (third-person singular simple present placards, present participle placarding, simple past and past participle placarded)

1. To affix a placard to.
2. To announce with placards.

   to placard a sale

Translations

to affix a placard to

• Norwegian: plakatklistring (no) (noun/present participle)

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /plakaʁ/, X-SAMPA: plakaR

Noun

placard m (plural placards)

1. A cupboard, cabinet or closet built against or into a wall.
2. An ad that is felt to be injurious, seditious or in otherwise bad taste.
3. (dated) A placard.

Usage notes

• The use of placards for announcements by authorities having mostly disappeared, the word affiche frequently replaces it in that meaning.