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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From post + -er .
Noun
poster (plural posters )
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.
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.
( Internet ) One who posts a message .
Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
( Australian rules football , informal ) A shot that hits a goalpost , scoring one point.
( ice hockey , slang ) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal .
We got three posters in the third and lost.
( basketball ) A dunk over a defending player.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
picture intended to be attached to a wall
Belarusian: афі́ша f ( afíša )
Bulgarian: афи́ш (bg) m ( afíš ) , обя́ва (bg) f ( objáva )
Catalan: pòster m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 招貼 / 招贴 (zh) ( zhāotiē )
Cornish: skrisel f
Czech: plakát (cs) m
Dutch: poster (nl) m , affiche (nl) n
Esperanto: afiŝo
Finnish: juliste (fi)
French: poster (fr) m , affiche (fr) f
German: Poster (de) n , Affiche (de) f
Greek: αφίσα (el) f ( afísa )
Hebrew: כְּרָזָה f ( krazá )
Hungarian: poszter (hu)
Irish: póstaer m
Italian: immagine di muro f , poster (it) m
Japanese: ポスター (ja) ( posutā )
Korean: 포스터 (ko) ( poseuteo )
Malay: gantungan (ms)
Manx: posteyr m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: plakat m
Nynorsk: plakat m
Persian: پوستر (fa) ( poster )
Plautdietsch: Zadel m
Polish: plakat (pl) m , afisz (pl) m
Portuguese: cartaz (pt)
Russian: по́стер (ru) m ( póstɛr ) , афи́ша (ru) f ( afíša )
Scottish Gaelic: postair m
Spanish: cartel (es) m , póster (es) m , afiche (es) m
Swedish: affisch (sv) , plansch (sv) c , poster (sv) c
Ukrainian: афі́ша (uk) f ( afíša )
Vietnamese: bích chương (vi) , áp phích (vi)
Walloon: afitche (wa) f
Welsh: poster (cy) m
Albanian: afishe (sq) f
Arabic: مُلْصَق m ( mulṣaq ) , أَفِيش m ( ʔafīš )
Belarusian: плака́т m ( plakát ) , афі́ша f ( afíša )
Bulgarian: плака́т (bg) m ( plakát )
Burmese: ပိုစတာ (my) ( puica.ta )
Catalan: cartell m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海報 / 海报 (zh) ( hǎibào ) , 招貼 / 招贴 (zh) ( zhāotiē ) , 標語 / 标语 (zh) ( biāoyǔ )
Crimean Tatar: afişa
Czech: plakát (cs) m
Esperanto: afiŝo
Finnish: juliste (fi) , mainosjuliste
French: affiche (fr) f , poster (fr) m
German: Plakat (de) n , Anschlag (de) m , Poster (de) n , Affiche (de) f
Greek: αφίσα (el) f ( afísa )
Hungarian: plakát (hu)
Irish: póstaer m
Italian: manifesto (it) m , locandina (it) f
Japanese: ポスター (ja) ( posutā )
Korean: 포스터 (ko) ( poseuteo )
Manx: posteyr m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зурагт хуудас ( zuragt xuudas ) , зарлал (mn) ( zarlal )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: plakat m
Nynorsk: plakat m
Persian: پوستر (fa) ( poster )
Plautdietsch: Zadel m
Polish: plakat (pl) m , afisz (pl) m
Portuguese: cartaz (pt) , propaganda (pt)
Romanian: afiș (ro) n , poster (ro) n
Russian: плака́т (ru) m ( plakát ) , афи́ша (ru) f ( afíša ) , по́стер (ru) m ( póstɛr )
Scottish Gaelic: postair m
Spanish: cartel (es) m , pasquín (es) m , afiche (es) m
Swedish: anslag (sv) n , plakat (sv) n , affisch (sv) c
Thai: โปสเตอร์ ( bpóos-dtə̂ə )
Turkish: afiş (tr)
Ukrainian: плака́т m ( plakát ) , афі́ша (uk) f ( afíša )
Uzbek: plakat (uz)
Vietnamese: bích chương (vi)
Walloon: afitche (wa) f
Welsh: poster (cy) m
internet: one who posts a message
shot that hits a goalpost
Verb
poster (third-person singular simple present posters , present participle postering , simple past and past participle postered )
( transitive ) To decorate with posters.
to poster the walls of a bedroom
Etymology 2
From post + -er , from post ( “ travel, dispatch ” ) .
Noun
poster (plural posters )
( dated ) A posthorse .
1854 , Charles Lever , The Dodd Family Abroad :we whirled along with four posters at a gallop
( archaic ) A swift traveller ; a courier .
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :posters of the sea and land
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
Noun
poster m (plural posters , diminutive postertje n )
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 )
a poster , a large sheet of printed paper that is hung vertically (e.g. on a wall)
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 )
a poster , one who posts messages on-line
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
From poste ( “ mail (service) ” ) + -er .
Pronunciation
Verb
poster
( transitive ) to post , (put in the) mail
Conjugation
infinitive
simple
poster
compound
avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund 1
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 historic 2
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 anterior 2
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/
imperfect 2
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
pluperfect 2
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
( transitive , military ) to post
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English poster .
Pronunciation
Noun
poster m (plural posters )
poster ( A billboard to be posted on a public or private place )
Synonym: affiche
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Anagrams
Malay
Etymology
From English poster .
Noun
poster (Jawi spelling ڤوستر , plural poster -poster , informal 1st possessive posterku , 2nd possessive postermu , 3rd possessive posternya )
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
Etymology
From English post + -er .
Verb
poster
( Jersey ) to post
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English poster .
Noun
poster n (plural postere )
poster
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From English poster .
Noun
poster c
a poster ; picture of celebrity, activity etc. to be posted
indefinite plural of post
Declension
References
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English poster .
Pronunciation
Noun
poster (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ )
poster ( picture intended to be attached to a wall )
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 )
poster
Welsh
Etymology
From English poster .
Pronunciation
Noun
poster m (plural posteri )
poster ( picture or advertisement )
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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