Phrase guide

license plate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: number plate, registration plate

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: numberplate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plate

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ታርጋ ቁጥር (targa ḳuṭr) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Arabic: لَوْحَةُ سَيَّارَةٍ (lawḥatu sayyāratin) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Arabic: لَوْحَةُ تَسْجِيلٍ مَرْكَبَةٍ (lawḥatu tasjīlin markabatin) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Armenian: ավտոմեքենայի պետական համարանիշ (avtomekʻenayi petakan hamaraniš) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Armenian: պետհամարանիշ (pethamaraniš) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: nömrəli plaka — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Basque: matrikula — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Belarusian: нумарны́ знак (numarný znak) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: регистрацио́нен но́мер (registraciónen nómer) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Catalan: matrícula — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 號牌 /号牌 (hàopái) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牌照 (páizhào) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車牌 /车牌 (chēpái) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Czech: státní poznávací značka — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Czech: poznávací značka — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Czech: evidenční značka — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Danish: nummerplade — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Dutch: kentekenplaat — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Dutch: nummerplaat — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Dutch: nummerbord — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Esperanto: numerplato — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Esperanto: licencplato — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Esperanto: ŝildo — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Faroese: nummarpláta — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Finnish: rekisterikilpi — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • French: plaque d'immatriculation — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • French: plaque minéralogique — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Georgian: სანომრე ნიშანი (sanomre nišani) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Georgian: საავტომობილო ნომერი (saavṭomobilo nomeri) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • German: Kfz-Kennzeichen — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • German: Nummernschild — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Bavarian German: Autokennzeichn — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Greek: πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας (pinakída kykloforías) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Gujarati: લાઇસન્સ પ્લેટ (lāisans pleṭ) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Haitian Creole: plak machin — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Hebrew: לוחית רישוי \ לוּחִית רִשּׁוּי (lukhít rishúy) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Hindi: वाहन पंजीकरण प्लेट (vāhan pañjīkraṇ pleṭ) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Hungarian: rendszámtábla — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Icelandic: númeraplata — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Ido: registragilo — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Indonesian: pelat — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Irish: pláta cláraithe — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Italian: targa — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Japanese: ナンバープレート (nanbā purēto) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Kazakh: нөмір белгісі (nömır belgısı) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Kazakh: автомобиль нөмірі (avtomobil nömırı) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Khmer: ផ្លាក (phlaak) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Khmer: ស្លាកលេខ — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Korean: 자동차 번호판 (jadongcha beonhopan) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Korean: 차량 번호판 (charyang beonhopan) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Kyrgyz: автоунаа номери (avtounaa nomeri) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Macedonian: реги́старска та́бличка (regístarska táblička) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Māori: pereti raihana — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Māori: pereti rehita — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Navajo: ąąh dah sitání — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bilskilt — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nummerplate — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: registreringsskilt — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nummerskilt — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bilskilt — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nummerplate — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Iranian Persian: پِلاکِ خودْرُو (pelâk-e xodrow) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Polish: tablica rejestracyjna — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Polish: blacha — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Portuguese: placa — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Portuguese: chapa — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Romanian: plăcuță de înmatriculare — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Romanian: placă de înmatriculare — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Russian: номерно́й знак (nomernój znak) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Russian: автомоби́льный но́мер (avtomobílʹnyj nómer) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Russian: регистрацио́нный но́мер (registraciónnyj nómer) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: регистарска та̀блица — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: регистарска плочица — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: registarska tàblica — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: registarska plȍčica — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Slovak: evidenčné číslo — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Slovene: registrska tablica — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Spanish: chapa — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Spanish: matrícula — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Spanish: patente — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Spanish: placa — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Spanish: tablilla — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Swedish: registreringsskylt — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Swedish: nummerplåt — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Tagalog: plaka — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Tajik: рақами мошин (raqam-i mošin) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Thai: ป้ายทะเบียนรถยนต์ — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Tibetan: མོ་ཊའི་ཨང་གྲངས་ལྕགས་ལེབ (mo ṭa'i ang grangs lcags leb) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Turkish: plaka — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Ukrainian: номерни́й знак (nomernýj znak) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Urdu: گاڑی نَمْبَر پْلیٹ (gāṛī nambar pleṭ) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Uyghur: پەيجاو (peyjao) — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Uzbek: nomer belgisi — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Vietnamese: biển đăng ký xe — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Welsh: plât cofrestru cerbyd — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
  • Welsh: plât rhifau — an identifying plate attached to a vehicle