signpost

English

A signpost

Alternative forms

• sign-post

Noun

signpost (plural signposts)

1. a post bearing a sign that gives information on directions

Translations

post bearing a sign that gives information on directions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路標 (cmn), 路标 (cmn) (lùbiāo)

• Czech: rozcestník (cs) m, směrová tabule (cs) f
• French: poteau indicateur (fr) m
• German: Signalposten (de) m, Wegweiser (de) m

• Irish: cuaille eolais (ga) m
• Japanese: 道標 (ja) (どうひょう, dōhyō, みちじるし, michijirushi)
• Polish: drogowskaz (pl) m
• Russian: указательный столб (ru) (ukazátelʹnyj stolb) m, указатель (ru) (ukazátelʹ) m
• Serbo-Croatian: putokaz (sh) m, путоказ (sh) m
• Welsh: abaloch (cy) f

Verb

signpost (third-person singular simple present signposts, present participle signposting, simple past and past participle signposted)

1. (transitive) to install signposts (on a route etc)
2. To indicate logical progress of a discourse using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc.

Translations

install signposts

• German: ausschildern (de)

See also

• fingerpost
• guidepost
• waymark

Anagrams

• postings
• stop sign