postal

See also: postał and poștal

English

Etymology

From French postal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoʊstl̩]
• IPA^(key): [ˈpəʊstl̩]
• Rhymes: -əʊstəl
• Hyphenation US: post‧al, UK: pos‧tal

Adjective

postal (not comparable)

1. Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.

   postal worker

   for all your postal needs

   work in the postal industry

Derived terms

• postal ballot
• postal money order, postal note, postal order
• postal vote

Related terms

• post
• post office
• postally used
• go postal

Translations

relating to mail

• Armenian: փոստային (hy) (pʻostayin)
• Catalan: postal
• Czech: poštovní (cs)
• Esperanto: poŝta
• Finnish: posti-
• French: postal (fr)
• German: Post- (de), postalisch (de)
• Greek: ταχυδρομικός (el) (tachydromikós)
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• Hungarian: postai (hu)
• Macedonian: поштенски (poštenski)
• Polish: pocztowy (pl)
• Portuguese: postal (pt)
• Russian: почто́вый (ru) (počtóvyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: uses genitive case of noun
• Spanish: postal (es)

Anagrams

• A plots, plasto-

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Catalan

Etymology

From posta +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pusˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [posˈtal]

Adjective

postal m or f (masculine and feminine plural postals)

1. postal

Noun

postal f (plural postals)

1. postcard

Further reading

• “postal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.tal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

postal (feminine postale, masculine plural postaux, feminine plural postales)

1. postal

Further reading

• “postal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puʃˈtaɫ/
• IPA^(key): /posˈtaw/

Adjective

1. postal (relating to mail)

Noun

postal m (plural postais)

1. postcard

Synonyms

• cartão-postal, bilhete-postal

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Spanish

Etymology

From posta +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posˈtal/ [posˈt̪al]

Adjective

postal m or f (masculine and feminine plural postales)

1. postal

Noun

postal f (plural postales)

1. postcard

Further reading

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