Phrase guide

post office

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/
  • General-American: /ˈpoʊst ˌɔfɪs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈpoʊst ˌɑfɪs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: postal outlet, postal service, postal station

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An organization that delivers letters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A party game involving the exchange of kisses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: postman's knock

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: child's game

5

noun

Meaning 5

an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: United States Post Office, US Post Office, PO

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: independent agency

6

noun

Meaning 6

a local branch where postal services are available"

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: local post office

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: branch, subdivision, arm

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

210 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: poskantoor — place
  • Albanian: postë — place
  • Amharic: ፖስታ ቤት (posta bet) — place
  • Amharic: ፖስታ (posta) — place
  • Arabic: مَكْتَب الْبَرِيد (maktab al-barīd) — place
  • Arabic: بَرِيد (barīd) — place
  • Arabic: بريد (barīd) — place
  • Arabic: بوسطة (busṭa) — place
  • Arabic: بريد (barīd) — place
  • Arabic: بوسطة (bosṭa) — place
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܐ (bēt bīldara) — place
  • Armenian: փոստ (pʻost) — place
  • Armenian: փոստային բաժանմունք (pʻostayin bažanmunkʻ) — place
  • Armenian: նամակատուն (namakatun) — place
  • Assamese: ডাকঘৰ (dakoghor) — place
  • Azerbaijani: poçt — place
  • Azerbaijani: poçt idarəsi — place
  • Azerbaijani: poçt şöbəsi — place
  • Belarusian: пашто́вае аддзяле́нне (paštóvaje addzjaljénnje) — place
  • Belarusian: пашто́вае аддзяле́ньне (paštóvaje addzjaljénʹnje) — place
  • Belarusian: по́шта (póšta) — place
  • Belarusian: пашта́мт (paštámt) — place
  • Bengali: ডাক বিভাগ (ḍak bibhag) — place
  • Bengali: ডাকঘর (ḍakoghor) — place
  • Bislama: postofis — place
  • Bulgarian: по́ща (póšta) — place
  • Burmese: စာတိုက် (catuik) — place
  • Catalan: oficina de correus — place
  • Catalan: oficina postal — place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 郵局 /邮局 — place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 郵政局 /邮政局 — place
  • Chinese: юҗү (iužü) — place
  • Gan Chinese: 郵政局 /邮政局 (iu4 ziin4 qiuh7) — place
  • Chinese: 郵便局 /邮便局 (zh-min-nan) — place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵局 /邮局 (yóujú) — place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵便局 /邮便局 (yóubiànjú) — place
  • Wu Chinese: 郵局 /邮局 (6yeu-jioq; 6yeu-jiuq) — place
  • Wu Chinese: 郵政局 /邮政局 (6yeu-zen-jiuq; 6yeu-zen-jioq) — place
  • Cornish: lytherva — place
  • Cornish: sodhva an post — place
  • Czech: pošta — place
  • Danish: posthus — place
  • Danish: postkontor — place
  • Dutch: postkantoor — place
  • Dutch: posterij — place
  • Esperanto: poŝtejo — place
  • Esperanto: poŝtoficejo — place
  • Estonian: postkontor — place
  • Faroese: posthús — place
  • Finnish: posti — place
  • Finnish: postitoimisto — place
  • French: bureau de poste — place
  • Galician: oficina de correos — place
  • Galician: correos — place
  • Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa) — place
  • German: Postamt — place
  • German: Post — place
  • Greek: ταχυδρομείο (tachydromeío) — place
  • Gujarati: પોસ્ટ ઓફિસ (posṭ ophis) — place
  • Hausa: fasa'ofis — place
  • Hebrew: דואר — place
  • Hebrew: דֹּאַר (dó'ar) — place
  • Hindi: डाकघर (ḍākghar) — place
  • Hindi: पोस्ट-ऑफ़िस (posṭ-ŏfis) — place
  • Hindi: डाकख़ाना (ḍākxānā) — place
  • Hungarian: posta — place
  • Icelandic: pósthús — place
  • Ido: posto-kontoro — place
  • Indonesian: kantor pos — place
  • Irish: oifig an phoist — place
  • Irish: oifig poist — place
  • Italian: ufficio postale — place
  • Italian: posta — place
  • Japanese: 郵便局 (yūbinkyoku) — place
  • Kanakanabu: iuci — place
  • Kannada: ಅಂಚೆ ಕಚೇರಿ (añce kacēri) — place
  • Kannada: ಅಂಚೆಮನೆ (añcemane) — place
  • Kazakh: пошта (poşta) — place
  • Khmer: ប្រៃសណីយ៍ (praysaʼnii) — place
  • Khmer: ប៉ុស្តិ៍ (poh) — place
  • Khmer: ប្រអប់ប្រៃសណីយ៍ (prɑɑʼɑp praysaʼnii) — place
  • Korean: 우체국 (ucheguk) — place
  • Korean: 우편국 (upyeon'guk) — place
  • Korean: 체신소 (chesinso) — place
  • Central Kurdish: پۆستخانە (postxane) — place
  • Central Kurdish: پۆستە (poste) — place
  • Northern Kurdish: postexane — place
  • Northern Kurdish: postxane — place
  • Kyrgyz: почта (pocta) — place
  • Lao: ໄປສະນີ (pai sa nī) — place
  • Lao: ຫ້ອງການໄປສະນີ (hǭng kān pai sa nī) — place
  • Latin: diribitorium — place
  • Latvian: pasta nodaļa — place
  • Lithuanian: pašto skyrius — place
  • Lithuanian: paštas — place
  • Macedonian: пошта (pošta) — place
  • Malay: kantor pos — place
  • Malay: pejabat pos — place
  • Malayalam: പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസ് (pōsṟṟ ōphīsŭ) — place
  • Malayalam: താപാലാപ്പീസ് (tāpālāppīsŭ) — place
  • Māori: tari poutapeta — place
  • Mòcheno: post — place
  • Mongolian: шууангийн салбар (šuuangiin salbar) — place
  • Navajo: naaltsoos ndahageehédi — place
  • Navajo: naaltsoos bá hooghan — place
  • Navajo: naaltsoos nehegeehégi — place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: postkontor — place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: posthus — place
  • Occitan: pòsta — place
  • Occitan: ofici postal — place
  • Odia: ଡାକ ଘର (ḍāka ghara) — place
  • Oromo: mana poostaa — place
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пошта (pošta) — place
  • Pashto: پوسته خانه (posta xāna) — place
  • Iranian Persian: اِدارِهٔ پُسْت (edâre-ye post) — place
  • Iranian Persian: پُسْتْخانِه (postxâne) — place
  • Iranian Persian: چاپارْخانِه (čâpârxâne) — place
  • Plautdietsch: Postaumt — place
  • Polish: poczta — place
  • Portuguese: estação de correios — place
  • Portuguese: correio — place
  • Punjabi: ਡਾਕਖ਼ਾਨਾ (ḍākxānā) — place
  • Punjabi: ਡਾਕ ਘਰ (ḍāk ghar) — place
  • Punjabi: ਪੋਸਟ ਆਫ਼ਿਸ (posaṭ āfis) — place
  • Romanian: oficiu poștal — place
  • Russian: почто́вое отделе́ние (počtóvoje otdelénije) — place
  • Russian: по́чта (póčta) — place
  • Russian: почта́мт (počtámt) — place
  • Russian: главпочта́мт (glavpočtámt) — place
  • Scottish Gaelic: oifis a' phuist — place
  • Scottish Gaelic: post-oifis — place
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏шта — place
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍšta — place
  • Sinhalese: තැපැල් කන්තෝරුව (tæpæl kantōruwa) — place
  • Slovak: pošta — place
  • Slovene: pošta — place
  • Lower Sorbian: post — place
  • Lower Sorbian: postownja — place
  • Spanish: correos — place
  • Spanish: casa de correos — place
  • Spanish: oficina de correos — place
  • Spanish: estafeta — place
  • Spanish: oficina postal — place
  • Spanish: posta — place
  • Spanish: cartería — place
  • Swahili: posta — place
  • Swedish: postkontor — place
  • Tagalog: koreo — place
  • Tajik: почта (počta) — place
  • Tajik: почтахона (počtaxona) — place
  • Tamil: அஞ்சலகம் (añcalakam) — place
  • Telugu: పోస్టాఫీసు (pōsṭāphīsu) — place
  • Thai: ที่ทําการไปรษณีย์ (tîi-tam-gaan-bprai-sà-nii) — place
  • Thai: ไปรษณีย์ (bprai-sà-nii) — place
  • Tibetan: སྦྲག་ཁང (sbrag khang) — place
  • Turkish: postane — place
  • Ottoman Turkish: پوستهخانه (posta-hane) — place
  • Turkmen: poçta — place
  • Ukrainian: пошто́ве відді́лення (poštóve viddílennja) — place
  • Ukrainian: по́шта (póšta) — place
  • Ukrainian: пошта́мт (poštámt) — place
  • Urdu: ڈاک خانَہ (ḍāk xāna) — place
  • Urdu: پوسْٹ آفِس (posṭ āfis) — place
  • Urdu: ڈاک گَھر (ḍāk ghar) — place
  • Uyghur: پوچتا (pochta) — place
  • Uyghur: پوچتىخانا (pochtixana) — place
  • Uzbek: pochtaxona — place
  • Uzbek: pochtamt — place
  • Uzbek: pochta — place
  • Vietnamese: sở bưu điện — place
  • Vietnamese: phòng bưu điện — place
  • Vietnamese: bưu cục — place
  • Vietnamese: bưu điện — place
  • Volapük: potöp — place
  • Welsh: swyddfa bost — place
  • Welsh: llythyrdy — place
  • Yami: ibingkiok — place
  • Amharic: ፖስታ (posta) — organization
  • Arabic: بَرِيد (barīd) — organization
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܐ (bīldara) — organization
  • Armenian: փոստ (pʻost) — organization
  • Belarusian: по́шта (póšta) — organization
  • Bulgarian: по́ща (póšta) — organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵局 /邮局 (yóujú) — organization
  • Czech: pošta — organization
  • Danish: postvæsen — organization
  • Estonian: post — organization
  • Finnish: posti — organization
  • French: poste — organization
  • Galician: correos — organization
  • Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa) — organization
  • German: Post — organization
  • Greek: ταχυδρομείο (tachydromeío) — organization
  • Japanese: 郵便局 (yūbinkyoku) — organization
  • Korean: 우체국 (ucheguk) — organization
  • Korean: 우편국 (upyeon'guk) — organization
  • Korean: 체신소 (chesinso) — organization
  • Macedonian: пошта (pošta) — organization
  • Navajo: naaltsoos naagé — organization
  • Norman: poste — organization
  • Polish: poczta — organization
  • Portuguese: correios — organization
  • Romanian: poștă — organization
  • Russian: по́чта (póčta) — organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏шта — organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍšta — organization
  • Slovak: pošta — organization
  • Slovene: pošta — organization
  • Thai: ไปรษณีย์ (bprai-sà-nii) — organization
  • Ukrainian: по́шта (póšta) — organization