postcard

See also: post card

English

A postcard.

Alternative forms

post card, post-card

Etymology

post +‎ card

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/
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Noun

postcard (plural postcards)

A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard, one side displays a picture or photograph.
Enjoy your trip to Malaysia, and send me a postcard!

Derived terms

Translations

rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope

Afrikaans: briefkaart
Albanian: kartolinë (sq) f, kartpostale f
Arabic: كَرْت بَرِيدِيّ m (kart barīdiyy)
Armenian: բացիկ (hy) (bacʿik)
Asturian: postal f
Azerbaijani: poçt kartı, açıqca
Belarusian: пашто́ўка f (paštóŭka)
Bengali: পোস্টকার্ড (bn) (pōsṭokarḍo), পোষ্টকার্ড (pōśṭokarḍo)
Breton: kartenn-bost (br) f
Bulgarian: по́щенска (bg) f (póštenska), по́щенска ка́ртичка f (póštenska kártička)
Burmese: ပို့စကတ် (my) (pui.ca.kat)
Catalan: targeta postal f, postal f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 明信片 (ming⁴ seon³ pin^3-2)

Hokkien: 明信片 (bêng-sìn-phìⁿ), 光批 (kng-phe, kuiⁿ-phoe)

Mandarin: 明信片 (zh) (míngxìnpiàn)
Czech: pohlednice (cs) f, pohled (cs) m
Danish: brevkort n, postkort n
Dutch: ansichtkaart (nl) f, kaart (nl) f, postkaart (nl) f (chiefly Belgium)
Esperanto: poŝtkarto (eo)
Estonian: postkaart (et)
Faroese: postkort n
Finnish: kirjekortti, postikortti (fi)
French: carte postale (fr) f
Galician: tarxeta postal f, postal f
Georgian: საფოსტო ღია ბარათი (saposṭo ɣia barati), ღია ბარათი (ɣia barati)
German: Postkarte (de) f
Greek: κάρτα (el) f (kárta), καρτ-ποστάλ (el) n (kart-postál)
Hausa: fôskātì m
Hebrew: גְּלוּיָה f (g'luyá)
Hindi: पोस्टकार्ड (hi) f (posṭkārḍ)
Hungarian: levelezőlap (hu), (picture postcard) képeslap (hu)
Hunsrik: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: póstkort n, kort (is) n, (rare) bréfspjald n
Indonesian: kartu pos (id)
Ingrian: otkrьtka
Irish: cárta poist m
Italian: cartolina (it) f
Japanese: 葉書 (ja) (はがき, hagaki), ポストカード (ja) (posutokādo) (picture postcard)
Javanese: kertu pos
Kazakh: ашық хат (aşyq xat), ашықхат (aşyqxat)
Korean: 그림엽서 (ko) (geurimyeopseo), 엽서(葉書) (ko) (yeopseo)
Kyrgyz: почта открыткасы (pocta otkrıtkası), открытка (otkrıtka)
Lao: ຮູບບັດ (hūp bat), ບັດໄປສະນີ (bat pai sa nī), ບັດ (bat), ໄປສະນີຍະບັດ (pai sa nī bat)
Latvian: pastkarte f, atklātne f
Lithuanian: atvirutė f
Luxembourgish: Postkaart f
Macedonian: разгле́дница f (razglédnica)
Malay: poskad (ms)
Mòcheno: postkòrt f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ил захидал (mn) (il zaxidal)
Norman: carte postale f
Norwegian: brevkort n
Bokmål: postkort n

Nynorsk: postkort n
Papiamentu: pòstkart
Persian: کارت پُستال (fa) (kârt postâl), کارت‌پُستال (kârt-postâl)
Plautdietsch: Postkoat f
Polish: karta pocztowa (pl) f, pocztówka (pl) f, widokówka (pl) f (a picture postcard)
Portuguese: cartão-postal m, postal (pt) m
Romanian: carte poștală (ro) f
Russian: почто́вая откры́тка f (počtóvaja otkrýtka), откры́тка (ru) f (otkrýtka)
Scottish Gaelic: cairt-phuist f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̀писница f, ра́згледница f

Roman: dòpisnica (sh) f, rázglednica (sh) f
Slovak: pohľadnica f
Slovene: razglednica (sl) f
Spanish: tarjeta postal f, postal (es) f
Swahili: postkadi class 9/10, kadi ya posta class 9/10
Swedish: vykort (sv) n, brevkort (sv) n
Tagalog: tarheta-postal
Tajik: руқъа (ruqʾa)
Tatar: открытка (otkrıtka)
Thai: โปสต์การ์ด (th) (bpóot-gáat), ไปรษณียบัตร (th) (bprai-sà-nii-yá-bàt)
Tibetan: སྦྲག་ཤོག (sbrag shog)
Turkish: kartpostal (tr)
Turkmen: otkrytka
Ukrainian: листі́вка f (lystívka), пошто́ва листі́вка f (poštóva lystívka)
Urdu: پوسْٹ کارْڈ (ur) f (posṭ kārḍ)
Uyghur: ئاتكىرىتكا (atkiritka)
Uzbek: pochta varaqasi, otkritka (uz), ochiq xat
Vietnamese: bưu thiếp (郵帖)
Vilamovian: pöstkiöt ?
Welsh: cerdyn post m
West Frisian: brievekaart c
Yiddish: פּאָסטקאַרטל n (postkartl)
Zulu: iliposikhadi (zu) ?

Verb

postcard (third-person singular simple present postcards, present participle postcarding, simple past and past participle postcarded)

(transitive) To send a postcard to someone.
to postcard one's friends
(transitive) To send by means of a postcard.
to postcard one's news

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