postcard

See also: post card

English

A postcard.

Alternative forms

• post card, post-card

Etymology

From post +‎ card.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

postcard (plural postcards)

2. (post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard, one side displays a picture or photograph.

   Enjoy your trip to Malaysia, and send me a postcard!

Derived terms

• answer on a postcard
• e-postcard
• picture postcard
• postcardish
• postcardlike
• postcardware
• postcardy

 

Translations

rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope

• Afrikaans: briefkaart
• Albanian: kartolinë (sq) f, kartpostale f
• Arabic: كَرْت بَرِيدِيّ m (kart barīdiyy)
• Armenian: բացիկ (hy) (bacʻik)
• Asturian: postal f
• Azerbaijani: poçt kartı, açıqca
• Belarusian: пашто́ўка f (paštóŭka)
• Bengali: পোস্টকার্ড (bn) (pōsṭokarḍo), পোষ্টকার্ড (pōśṭokarḍo)
• Breton: kartenn-bost (br) f
• Bulgarian: по́щенска (bg) f (póštenska), по́щенска ка́ртичка f (póštenska kártička)
• Burmese: ပို့စကတ် (my) (pui.ca.kat)
• Catalan: targeta postal f, postal f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 明信片 (ming⁴ seon³ pin^3-2)

  Hokkien: 明信片 (bêng-sìn-phìⁿ), 光批 (kng-phe, kuiⁿ-phoe)

  Mandarin: 明信片 (zh) (míngxìnpiàn)

• Czech: pohlednice (cs) f, pohled (cs) m
• Danish: brevkort n, postkort n
• Dutch: ansichtkaart (nl) f, kaart (nl) f, postkaart (nl) f (chiefly Belgium)
• Esperanto: poŝtkarto (eo)
• Estonian: postkaart (et)
• Faroese: postkort n
• Finnish: kirjekortti, postikortti (fi)
• French: carte postale (fr) f
• Galician: tarxeta postal f, postal f
• Georgian: საფოსტო ღია ბარათი (saposṭo ɣia barati), ღია ბარათი (ɣia barati)
• German: Postkarte (de) f
• Greek: κάρτα (el) f (kárta), καρτ-ποστάλ (el) n (kart-postál)
• Hausa: fôskātì m
• Hebrew: גְּלוּיָה f (g'luyá)
• Hindi: पोस्टकार्ड (hi) f (posṭkārḍ)
• Hungarian: levelezőlap (hu), (picture postcard) képeslap (hu)
• Hunsrik: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: póstkort (is) n, kort (is) n, (rare) bréfspjald n
• Indonesian: kartu pos (id)
• Ingrian: otkrьtka
• Irish: cárta poist m
• Italian: cartolina (it) f
• Japanese: 葉書 (ja) (はがき, hagaki), ポストカード (ja) (posutokādo) (picture postcard)
• Javanese: kertu pos
• Kazakh: ашық хат (aşyq xat), ашықхат (aşyqxat)
• Korean: 그림엽서 (ko) (geurimyeopseo), 엽서(葉書) (ko) (yeopseo)
• Kyrgyz: почта открыткасы (pocta otkrıtkası), открытка (otkrıtka)
• Lao: ຮູບບັດ (hūp bat), ບັດໄປສະນີ (bat pai sa nī), ບັດ (bat), ໄປສະນີຍະບັດ (pai sa nī bat)
• Latvian: pastkarte f, atklātne f
• Lithuanian: atvirutė f
• Luxembourgish: Postkaart f
• Macedonian: разгле́дница f (razglédnica)
• Malay: poskad (ms)
• Mòcheno: postkòrt f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ил захидал (mn) (il zaxidal)

• Norman: carte postale f
• Norwegian: brevkort n

  Bokmål: postkort n

  Nynorsk: postkort n

• Papiamentu: pòstkart
• Persian: کارت پُستال (fa) (kârt postâl), کارت‌پُستال (kârt-postâl)
• Plautdietsch: Postkoat f
• Polish: karta pocztowa (pl) f, pocztówka (pl) f, widokówka (pl) f (a picture postcard)
• Portuguese: cartão-postal m, postal (pt) m
• Romanian: carte poștală (ro) f
• Russian: почто́вая откры́тка f (počtóvaja otkrýtka), откры́тка (ru) f (otkrýtka)
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt-phuist f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: до̀писница f, ра́згледница f

  Roman: dòpisnica (sh) f, rázglednica (sh) f

• Slovak: pohľadnica f
• Slovene: razglednica (sl) f
• Spanish: tarjeta postal f, postal (es) f
• Swahili: postkadi class 9/10, kadi ya posta class 9/10
• Swedish: vykort (sv) n, brevkort (sv) n
• Tagalog: tarheta-postal
• Tajik: руқъа (ruqʾa)
• Tatar: открытка (otkrıtka)
• Thai: โปสต์การ์ด (th) (bpóot-gáat), ไปรษณียบัตร (th) (bprai-sà-nii-yá-bàt)
• Tibetan: སྦྲག་ཤོག (sbrag shog)
• Turkish: kartpostal (tr)
• Turkmen: otkrytka
• Ukrainian: листі́вка f (lystívka), пошто́ва листі́вка f (poštóva lystívka)
• Urdu: پوسْٹ کارْڈ (ur) f (posṭ kārḍ)
• Uyghur: ئاتكىرىتكا (atkiritka)
• Uzbek: pochta varaqasi, otkritka (uz), ochiq xat
• Vietnamese: bưu thiếp (vi) (郵帖)
• Vilamovian: pöstkiöt ?
• Welsh: cerdyn post m
• West Frisian: brievekaart c
• Yiddish: פּאָסטקאַרטל n (postkartl)
• Zulu: iliposikhadi (zu) ?

Verb

postcard (third-person singular simple present postcards, present participle postcarding, simple past and past participle postcarded)

1. (transitive) To send a postcard to someone.

   to postcard one's friends

2. (transitive) To send by means of a postcard.

   to postcard one's news

Anagrams

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