Dictionary

poste restante en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French poste restante.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient
   • This was in the old days, before the expansion of the internet, so we hadn’t received any news from Norway. The only exceptions were letters from girlfriends, friends and family that were sent poste restante to the harbors where we were expected. 2017, Erling Kagge, Silence: In the Age of Noise, page 50:

Relateds

accommodation address

Synonyms

to be called for · care of post office · general delivery

Translations (14)

it fermoposta (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · sv poste restante (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · hu postán maradó (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · cmn 存局待領 /存局待领 (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · fi noutoposti (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · de Postlagerservice (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · pt posta restante (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · ko 우체국 임치제 (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · ru до востре́бования (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · fi poste restante (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · cmn 留局候領 /留局候领 (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · ja 局留め (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · cmn 存局候領 /存局候领 (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) · fr poste restante (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it)