poster

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English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊstɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊstə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From post +‎ -er.

Noun

poster (plural posters)

1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

3. (Internet) One who posts a message.

4. (Australian rules football, informal) A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
5. (ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

6. (basketball) A dunk over a defending player.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

poster (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)

1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.

Etymology 2

From post +‎ -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

Noun

poster (plural posters)

1. (dated) A posthorse.
2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.

Anagrams

• eSport, opters, tropes, retops, Perots, Presto, repots, Petros, e-sport, respot, presto, esport, repost, petros, Strope, stoper, sprote, topers, Portes, opster

Dutch

Etymology 1

From posten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tər/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɔstər

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. a trade union member who is on the lookout to deter strikebreakers

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːs.tər/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter
• Rhymes: -oːstər

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. a poster, a large sheet of printed paper that is hung vertically (e.g. on a wall)
2. a billboard or placard to be posted on a public or private place

Synonyms

• aanplakbiljet
• affiche

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːs.tər/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter
• Rhymes: -oːstər

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. a poster, one who posts messages on-line

Anagrams

• proest, sporte, sproet, sprote

French

Etymology 1

From poste (“mail (service)”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.te/

Verb

poster

1. (transitive) to post, (put in the) mail

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From poste (“military post”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.te/

Verb

poster

1. (transitive, military) to post

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.tɛʁ/

Noun

poster m (plural posters)

1. poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place)

   Synonym: affiche

Derived terms

• postériser

Descendants

• → Turkish: poster

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• portes, portés

Indonesian

Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

poster (plural poster-poster)

1. poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall)

Malay

Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

poster (Jawi spelling ڤوستر, plural poster-poster)

1. poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall)

Further reading

• “poster” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norman

Alternative forms

• postaïr (Guernsey)

Etymology

From English post + -er.

Verb

poster

1. (Jersey) to post

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English poster.

Noun

poster n (plural postere)

1. poster

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

poster c

1. a poster; picture of celebrity, activity etc. to be posted
2. indefinite plural of post

Declension

See also

• affisch
• plansch

References

• poster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• poster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• protes, ropets

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈposteɾ/ [ˈpos.t̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -osteɾ
• Syllabification: pos‧ter

Noun

poster (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall)
2. poster (advertisement to be posted on a post, wall, etc.)

   Synonyms: kartelon, kartel, paskil

See also

• plakard

Further reading

• “poster”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French poster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posˈtæɾ/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter

Noun

poster (definite accusative posteri, plural posterler)

1. poster

Welsh

Etymology

From English poster.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔsdɛr/, [ˈpʰɔstɛr]
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔsdar/, [ˈpʰɔstar]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔsdɛr/, [ˈpʰɔstɛr]

Noun

poster m (plural posteri)

1. poster (picture or advertisement)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “poster”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies