Phrase guide

postal address

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The address (of a person or business) to which mail is delivered, as distinct from the actual street address.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: posadres — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Arabic: عُنْوَان بَرِيدِيّ (ʕunwān barīdiyy) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Arabic: عِنْوَان بَرِيدِيّ (ʕinwān barīdiyy) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Armenian: փոստային հասցե (pʻostayin hascʻe) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Azerbaijani: poçt ünvanı — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Belarusian: пашто́вы а́дрэс (paštóvy ádres) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Belarusian: пашто́вы а́драс (paštóvy ádras) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Bulgarian: по́щенски адре́с (póštenski adrés) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地址 (dìzhǐ) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵政地址 /邮政地址 (yóuzhèng dìzhǐ) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通訊地址 /通讯地址 (tōngxùn dìzhǐ) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Czech: poštovní adresa — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Dutch: huisadres — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Finnish: postiosoite — the address to which mail is delivered
  • French: adresse postale — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Georgian: საფოსტო მისამართი (saposṭo misamarti) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • German: Postanschrift — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Hungarian: lakcím — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Hungarian: levélcím — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Italian: indirizzo postale — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Macedonian: поштенска адре́са (poštenska adrésa) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: postadresse — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Iranian Persian: آدْرِسِ پُسْتی (âdres-e posti) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Polish: adres pocztowy — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Portuguese: endereço postal — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Romanian: adresă poștală — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Russian: почто́вый а́дрес (počtóvyj ádres) — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Slovak: poštová adresa — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Spanish: dirección postal — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Tok Pisin: adres — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Turkish: posta adresi — the address to which mail is delivered
  • Ukrainian: пошто́ва адре́са (poštóva adrésa) — the address to which mail is delivered