Definitions for placardˈplæk ɑrd, -ərd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
plac•ardˈplæk ɑrd, -ərd(n.)
a sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(v.t.)to display placards on or in.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to publicize by means of placards.
to post as a placard.
Origin of placard:
1475–85; < MF. See plaque , -ard
Princeton's WordNet
poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card(verb)
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
"a poster advertised the coming attractions"
placard(verb)
post in a public place
placard, bill(verb)
publicize or announce by placards
Wiktionary
placard(Noun)
A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
placard(Verb)
To affix a placard to.
placard(Verb)
To announce with placards.
to placard a sale
Origin: placquert, 'official document,' from placquier, 'to plate'. Cognate of 'plaque' (1560)
Webster Dictionary
Placard(noun)
a public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority
Placard(noun)
permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something
Placard(noun)
a written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster
Placard(noun)
an extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate
Placard(noun)
a kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later
Placard(verb)
to post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city
Placard(verb)
to announce by placards; as, to placard a sale
Translations for placard
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
placard(noun)
a notice printed on eg wood or cardboard and carried, hung etc, in a public place
The protesters were carrying placards denouncing the government's policy.
- plakkaatAfrikaans
- إعْلان مَحْمولArabic
- плакатBulgarian
- cartazPortuguese (BR)
- plakát, standartaCzech
- das PlakatGerman
- skilt; plakatDanish
- πλακάτGreek
- pancartaSpanish
- plakatEstonian
- پلاکارد؛ آگهیFarsi
- kylttiFinnish
- pancarteFrench
- כְּרָזָהHebrew
- इश्तहार लगानाHindi
- javni oglas, plakatCroatian
- plakát; tábla (felirattal), transzparensHungarian
- plakatIndonesian
- plakat, veggspjaldIcelandic
- cartelloneItalian
- プラカードJapanese
- 플래카드, 게시Korean
- plakatasLithuanian
- plakātsLatvian
- pelekatMalay
- plakkaatDutch
- plakat, transparentNorwegian
- transparent, plakatPolish
- پلاکارد؛ آگهیPersian
- اعلان ليك، اشتهار پاڼهPashto
- cartazPortuguese
- pancartăRomanian
- плакатRussian
- plagátSlovak
- transparentSlovenian
- plakatSerbian
- plakat, affischSwedish
- ป้ายประกาศThai
- afiş, pankartTurkish
- 標語牌，佈告Chinese (Trad.)
- плакат, афішаUkrainian
- پلے کارڈ، اعلانUrdu
- áp phíchVietnamese
- 标语牌，布告Chinese (Simp.)
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