poster

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See also: Poster, póster, and pòster

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

post +‎ -er

Noun

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poster (plural posters)

  1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
    He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
  2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
    I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.
  3. (Internet) One who posts a message.
    Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  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.
    We got three posters in the third and lost.
  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.
    to poster the walls of a bedroom

Etymology 2

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

Noun

poster (plural posters)

  1. (dated) A posthorse.
    • 1854, Charles Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad:
      we whirled along with four posters at a gallop
  2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology 1

From posten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

  1. A trade union member who is on the lookout to deter strikebreakers.
    • 1923, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Maandschrift, volume 18, page 833:
      […] , betreffende te betalen schadevergoeding voor het lastigvallen van werkwilligen door posters, leden van de afdeeling Landsberg a. W. van den staalbewerkersbond.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1931, Mary Heaton Vorse, Staking, page 134:
      De stoet posters ging langs de zijstraat naar de fabriek, heel ordelijk, vol onderdrukte opwinding, […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1955, Albertus Spruit, Stakingsrecht in het kader van de arbeidsovereenkomst, page 98:
      In de hitte van de strijd zullen vele posters zich dikwijls laten gaan en bij hun controle en pogingen tot overreden niet altijd geoorloofde middelen toepassen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

From poste (“mail (service)”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

poster

  1. (transitive) to post, (put in the) mail
Conjugation
Conjugation of poster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple poster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple postant
/pɔs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle posté
/pɔs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present poste
/pɔst/ 		postes
/pɔst/ 		poste
/pɔst/ 		postons
/pɔs.tɔ̃/ 		postez
/pɔs.te/ 		postent
/pɔst/
imperfect postais
/pɔs.tɛ/ 		postais
/pɔs.tɛ/ 		postait
/pɔs.tɛ/ 		postions
/pɔs.tjɔ̃/ 		postiez
/pɔs.tje/ 		postaient
/pɔs.tɛ/
past historic2 postai
/pɔs.te/ 		postas
/pɔs.ta/ 		posta
/pɔs.ta/ 		postâmes
/pɔs.tam/ 		postâtes
/pɔs.tat/ 		postèrent
/pɔs.tɛʁ/
future posterai
/pɔs.tə.ʁe/ 		posteras
/pɔs.tə.ʁa/ 		postera
/pɔs.tə.ʁa/ 		posterons
/pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		posterez
/pɔs.tə.ʁe/ 		posteront
/pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional posterais
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		posterais
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		posterait
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		posterions
/pɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		posteriez
/pɔs.tə.ʁje/ 		posteraient
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present poste
/pɔst/ 		postes
/pɔst/ 		poste
/pɔst/ 		postions
/pɔs.tjɔ̃/ 		postiez
/pɔs.tje/ 		postent
/pɔst/
imperfect2 postasse
/pɔs.tas/ 		postasses
/pɔs.tas/ 		postât
/pɔs.ta/ 		postassions
/pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		postassiez
/pɔs.ta.sje/ 		postassent
/pɔs.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poste
/pɔst/ 		— postons
/pɔs.tɔ̃/ 		postez
/pɔs.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

From poste (“military post”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

poster

  1. (transitive, military) to post

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

Noun

poster m (plural posters)

  1. poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place)
    Synonym: affiche
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Malay

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Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

poster (Jawi spelling ڤوستر, plural poster-poster, informal 1st possessive posterku, 2nd possessive postermu, 3rd possessive posternya)

  1. poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall)
    • 2013 April 16, “Jangan pasang bendera parti di premis polis [Don't put party flags on police premises]”, in Astro Awani‎:
      Semua parti politik yang bertanding dalam Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU13) diingatkan tidak sesekali memasang atau menggantung bendera parti mereka mahupun poster kempen pilihanraya di balai-balai polis dan premis milik Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM).
      All political parties contesting in the General Election (GE13) are reminded not to put up or hang their party flags or campaign posters in police stations and premises belonging to the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP).

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

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

Declension of poster
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) poster posterul (niște) postere posterele
genitive/dative (unui) poster posterului (unor) postere posterelor
vocative posterule posterelor

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

Declension of poster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative poster postern postrar postrarna
Genitive posters posterns postrars postrarnas

References

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈposteɾ/,
  • Hyphenation: 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

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

Noun

poster m (plural posteri)

  1. poster (picture or advertisement)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
poster boster mhoster phoster
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
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