placard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈplæk.ɑːd/ (UK)
- /ˈplæk.ɑɹd/ (US)
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
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A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
While her husband read the placards pasted on the brick announcing the hours at which certain ships would sail for Scotland, Mrs. Ambrose did her best to find information.
1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:Towards the end of August, the Southern Railway decided to adopt a novel form of publicity to popularise the services. Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services via Nunhead.
1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386:In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.
2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024: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.
1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):He brought out the placard, which was quite a work of art. It was nearly two feet long, printed on calendered paper, with a selection of colors so bright that they shone even in the moonlight.
1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter IV, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:
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(obsolete) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
All placards or edicts are published in his name.
1655, James Howell, “A Survey of the Seventeen Provinces”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete) Permission given by authority; a license.
to give a placard to do something
- (historical) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
- (historical) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plaquet | alternative | lexicographic | |
| plackart | alternative | lexicographic | |
| placards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (105)
be пляка́т (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · it manifesto (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ro pancartă (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hy պլակատ (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ro placardă (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sv plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ug پىلاكات (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sk plagát (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · pl plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hu falragasz (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · bn প্ল্যাকার্ড (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ar أَفِيش (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ka პოსტერი (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · fa-ira پِلاکارْد (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · nb plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · uz plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · vi tranh cổ động (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ru плака́т (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ro afiș (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · th ป้าย (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ur اِشْتِہار (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · uk афі́ша (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hi इश्तहार (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · lv plakāts (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · km ប័ណ្ណប្រកាស (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sq afishe (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · fr affiche (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · az plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · et plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · fa-ira پوسْتِر (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · uk плака́т (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · bg плака́т (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hi पोस्टर (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · tg афиша (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · lt afiša (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ur پِلے کارْڈ (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ky афиша (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ru афи́ша (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · fi juliste (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · be плака́т (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ko 플래카드 (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · tg плакат (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sh пла̀ка̄т (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · kk плакат (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · tg эълоннома (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · vi bích chương (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hy ցուցանակ (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ka აფიშა (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · et afišš (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sl plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · eo afiŝo (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · th ป้ายประกาศ (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sh plàkāt (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · tk plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · lt plakatas (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sk ceduľa (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ky плакат (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · mn зарлал (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hu plakát (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · es letrero (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · kk афиша (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ca pancarta (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · cmn 標語牌 /标语牌 (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · pl afisz (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · lv afiša (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · it cartellone (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · bg афи́ш (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · pl transparent (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · cmn 招貼 /招贴 (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ru объявле́ние (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · la titulus (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · lt skelbimas (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hy աֆիշա (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · da plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · tk afişa (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ar مُلْصَق (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · nl plakkaat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ar لَافِتَة (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · id plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ur پوسْٹَر (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · kk жарқағаз (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ja プラカード (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · mn зурагт хуудас (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ka პლაკატი (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · eo ŝildo (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · be афі́ша (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hu transzparens (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · ga fógra (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · de Anschlag (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · uz afisha (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · fr pancarte (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · bn পোস্টার (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · wa afitche (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · cs plakát (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · es pancarta (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hi प्लैकर्ड (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · lv uzraksts (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · pdt Zadel (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · nn plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · sq pankartë (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · de Plakat (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · az afişa (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · vi áp phích (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · hu hirdetmény (a sheet of paper or cardboard) · es cartel (a sheet of paper or cardboard)