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poster en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpoʊstɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *porstis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *postis Latin postisbor. Old English post ▲ Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poster From post + -er.

Meanings

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. (Internet) One who posts a message.
    • Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  4. (informal, qualifier:Australian rules football) A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
  5. (slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
    • We got three posters in the third and lost.
  6. A dunk over a defending player.

Forms

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posters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

posterlike · posterise · top-poster · posterist · postery · four-poster · posterboard · billposter · poster session · poster color · posterize · poster paint · OP · fly-poster · posterette · poster stamp · poster child · shitposter · poster boy · posterization · big-character poster · schizoposter · wanted poster · poster girl · posterish · overposter

Descendants

ポスター · poster · โปสเตอร์ · poster · 포스터 · pòster · ပိုစတာ · póster · по́стер · posteri · poster · पोस्टर · pôster · poster · poster · poszter · poster · پوستر · poster · posteyr · póstaer · Poster · poster · poster · póster

Translations (141)

ru по́стер (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ro afiș (advertisement — see also placard) · th โปสเตอร์ (advertisement — see also placard) · ms gantungan (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ka გამომქვეყნებელი (internet: one who posts a message) · fr affiche (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · pl plakat (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ga póstaer (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · es pasquín (advertisement — see also placard) · ka დამპოსტავი (internet: one who posts a message) · be афі́ша (advertisement — see also placard) · cs plakát (advertisement — see also placard) · fr affiche (advertisement — see also placard) · uk плака́т (advertisement — see also placard) · es cartel (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · vi bích chương (advertisement — see also placard) · gd postair (advertisement — see also placard) · bg обя́ва (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · vi bích chương (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · sv affisch (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · fa-ira پِلاکارْد (advertisement — see also placard) · fr poster (advertisement — see also placard) · ka პლაკატი (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ka პლაკატი (advertisement — see also placard) · bg плака́т (advertisement — see also placard) · ro poster (advertisement — see also placard) · ota آفیش (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · uz plakat (advertisement — see also placard) · mn зурагт хуудас (advertisement — see also placard) · it poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · be пляка́т (advertisement — see also placard) · ru по́стер (advertisement — see also placard) · hi प्लैकर्ड (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · it immagine di muro (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · nb plakat (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · sv stolpe ut (shot that hits a goalpost) · pt cartaz (advertisement — see also placard) · nn plakat (advertisement — see also placard) · eo uzanto (internet: one who posts a message) · ota پوستر (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · fi tolppa (shot that hits a goalpost) · hi इश्तहार (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · de Poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ko 포스터 (advertisement — see also placard) · pt propaganda (advertisement — see also placard) · be плака́т (advertisement — see also placard) · vi áp phích (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · es afiche (advertisement — see also placard) · ka პოსტერი (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · uk по́стер (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · de Plakat (advertisement — see also placard) · kw skrisel (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · cmn 招貼 /招贴 (advertisement — see also placard) · no stangskudd (shot that hits a goalpost) · wa afitche (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · eo afiŝinto (internet: one who posts a message) · fi juliste (advertisement — see also placard) · uk афі́ша (advertisement — see also placard) · it manifesto (advertisement — see also placard) · fr poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · gd postair (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · bg афи́ш (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ar مُلْصَق (advertisement — see also placard) · pt cartaz (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · hu poszter (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · el αφίσα (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · fi postaaja (internet: one who posts a message) · pl afisz (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · pdt Zadel (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · crh afişa (advertisement — see also placard) · sv anslag (advertisement — see also placard) · uk афі́ша (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ga póstaer (advertisement — see also placard) · fi juliste (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · id poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · hu plakát (advertisement — see also placard) · pl afisz (advertisement — see also placard) · gv posteyr (advertisement — see also placard) · tr afiş (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · my ပိုစတာ (advertisement — see also placard) · cs plakát (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · cy poster (advertisement — see also placard) · ar أَفِيش (advertisement — see also placard) · eo afiŝanto (internet: one who posts a message) · es cartel (advertisement — see also placard) · be афі́ша (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · cy poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · gv posteyr (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · de Affiche (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ga postálaí (internet: one who posts a message) · ja ポスター (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ru афи́ша (advertisement — see also placard) · pl plakat (advertisement — see also placard) · tr poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · es publicador (internet: one who posts a message) · hi पोस्टर (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · nn plakat (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ca cartell (advertisement — see also placard) · sv poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · sv plakat (advertisement — see also placard) · ru афи́ша (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ja ポスター (advertisement — see also placard) · sv plansch (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ko 포스터 (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · pdt Zadel (advertisement — see also placard) · bg греда́ (shot that hits a goalpost) · ur اِشْتِہار (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · nl poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · sq afishe (advertisement — see also placard) · ru плака́т (advertisement — see also placard) · cmn 海報 /海报 (advertisement — see also placard) · ka აფიშა (advertisement — see also placard) · wa afitche (advertisement — see also placard) · tr afiş (advertisement — see also placard) · nb plakat (advertisement — see also placard) · de Anschlag (advertisement — see also placard) · fa-ira پوسْتِر (advertisement — see also placard) · fi tolppalaukaus (shot that hits a goalpost) · es póster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · eo afiŝo (advertisement — see also placard) · sv stolpskott (shot that hits a goalpost) · he כְּרָזָה (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · cy postiwr (internet: one who posts a message) · de Affiche (advertisement — see also placard) · el αφίσα (advertisement — see also placard) · it locandina (advertisement — see also placard) · mn зарлал (advertisement — see also placard) · ur پِلے کارْڈ (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · fi mainosjuliste (advertisement — see also placard) · sv affisch (advertisement — see also placard) · ka აფიშა (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · cmn 標語 /标语 (advertisement — see also placard) · ur پوسْٹَر (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · eo afiŝo (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · nl affiche (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · cmn 招貼 /招贴 (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · es afiche (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · ca pòster (picture intended to be attached to a wall) · de Poster (advertisement — see also placard) · de Pfosten (shot that hits a goalpost) · fa-ira پوسْتِر (picture intended to be attached to a wall)

poster en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpoʊstɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *porstis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *postis Latin postisbor. Old English post ▲ Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poster From post + -er.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.
    • to poster the walls of a bedroom

Forms

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posters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
postered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
postered Tense=Past lexicographic
postering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

poster en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpoʊstɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

Meanings

  1. (dated) A posthorse.
    • we whirled along with four posters at a gallop 1854, Charles Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad:
  2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.
    • posters of the sea and land c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

Forms

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posters Number=Plur lexicographic