placard
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placard
- /ˈplæk.ɑːd/ UK
- /ˈplæk.ɑɹd/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English placard (“official document”), from Middle French placard, placart, plaquart (“a placard, a writing pasted on a wall”), from the Old French verb plaquer, plaquier (“to stick or paste, roughcast”), from Middle Dutch placken, plecken (“to glue or fasten, plaster, patch”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“a piece of cloth, patch”), equivalent to plaque + -ard.
Related to Middle Low German placken (“to smear with lime or clay, plaster”), Saterland Frisian Plak, Plakke (“a hit, smack, slap”), German Placken (“a spot, patch”), Icelandic plagg (“a document”), Hebrew פלקט (plakat, “a large sheet of paper, typically with a photo or writing, posted on the wall”), English play. Compare also Modern Dutch plakkaat (“placard”), Saterland Frisian Plakoat (“a placard, poster”). More at play.
noun placards · plackart · plaquet
- A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place. Especially from Mr. Borthrop Trumbull, a distinguished bachelor and auctioneer of those parts, much concerned in the sale of land and cattle: a public character, indeed, whose name was seen on widely distributed placards, and who might reasonably be sorry for those who did not know of him.
- A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. All placards or edicts are published in his name.
- Permission given by authority; a license. to give a placard to do something
- An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
- A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
- The woodwork and frame of the door of a closet etc.
verb placards · placarding · placarded · plackart · plaquet
- To affix a placard to, or mark with a placard nearby. The inner walls of the church were placarded with large mural tablets of copper, bearing engraved inscriptions celebrating the merits of old Heilbronn worthies of two or three centuries ago, […]
- To announce with placards. to placard a sale
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noun a sheet of paper or cardboard
| Español | letrero, pancarta, cartel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플래카드 peullaekadeu |
| 日本語 | プラカード purakādo |
| 中文 | 招貼 /招贴 zhāotiē, 標語牌 /标语牌 biāoyǔpái |
| हिन्दी | प्लैकर्ड plaikarḍ, पोस्टर posṭar, इश्तहार iśtahār |
| Français | affiche, pancarte |
| Deutsch | Plakat, Anschlag |
| Italiano | manifesto, cartellone |
| Română | placardă, pancartă, afiș |
| Русский | афи́ша afíša, плака́т plakát, объявле́ние obʺjavlénije |
| Tiếng Việt | tranh cổ động, áp phích, bích chương |
| العربية | مُلْصَق mulṣaq, لَافِتَة lāfita, أَفِيش ʔafīš |
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