noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: postal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To send a postcard to someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to postcard one's friends
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To send by means of a postcard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to postcard one's news
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: post card, postal card, mailing-card
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: card
Narrower terms: lettercard, picture postcard
History
Etymology
From post + card.
Across languages
Translations
126 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
briefkaart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Albanian:
kartolinë
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Albanian:
kartpostale
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Arabic:
كَرْت بَرِيدِيّ
(kart barīdiyy)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Armenian:
բացիկ
(bacʻik)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Asturian:
postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Azerbaijani:
poçt kartı
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Azerbaijani:
açıqca
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Azerbaijani:
açıqça
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Belarusian:
пашто́ўка
(paštówka)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Bengali:
পোস্টকার্ড
(pōsṭokarḍo)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Bengali:
পোষ্টকার্ড
(pōśṭokarḍo)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Breton:
kartenn-bost
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Bulgarian:
по́щенска
(póštenska)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Bulgarian:
по́щенска ка́ртичка
(póštenska kártička)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Burmese:
ပို့စကတ်
(pui.ca.kat)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Catalan:
targeta postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Catalan:
postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Chinese Cantonese:
明信片
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Chinese:
明信片
(bêng-sìn-phìn)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Chinese:
光批
(kng-phe, kuin-phoe)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Chinese Mandarin:
明信片
(míngxìnpiàn)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Czech:
pohlednice
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Czech:
pohled
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Danish:
brevkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Danish:
postkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Dutch:
ansichtkaart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Dutch:
kaart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Dutch:
postkaart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Esperanto:
poŝtkarto
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Estonian:
postkaart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Faroese:
postkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Finnish:
postikortti
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Finnish:
kirjekortti
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
French:
carte postale
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
West-Frisian:
brievekaart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Galician:
tarxeta postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Galician:
postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Georgian:
საფოსტო ღია ბარათი
(saposṭo ɣia barati)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Georgian:
ღია ბარათი
(ɣia barati)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
German:
Postkarte
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Greek:
κάρτα
(kárta)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Greek:
καρτ-ποστάλ
(kart-postál)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Hausa:
fôskātì
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Hebrew:
גְּלוּיָה
(g'luyá)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Hindi:
पोस्टकार्ड
(posṭkārḍ)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Hungarian:
levelezőlap
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Hungarian:
képeslap
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Icelandic:
póstkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Icelandic:
kort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Icelandic:
bréfspjald
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Indonesian:
kartu pos
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Ingrian:
otkrьtka
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Irish:
cárta poist
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Italian:
cartolina
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Japanese:
葉書
(hagaki)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Japanese:
ポストカード
(posutokādo)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Javanese:
kertu pos
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Kazakh:
ашық хат
(aşyq xat)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Kazakh:
ашықхат
(aşyqxat)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Korean:
그림엽서
(geurimyeopseo)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Korean:
엽서
(yeopseo)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Kyrgyz:
почта открыткасы
(pocta otkrıtkası)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Kyrgyz:
открытка
(otkrıtka)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Lao:
ຮູບບັດ
(hūp bat)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Lao:
ບັດໄປສະນີ
(bat pai sa nī)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Lao:
ບັດ
(bat)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Lao:
ໄປສະນີຍະບັດ
(pai sa nī bat)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Latvian:
pastkarte
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Latvian:
atklātne
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Lithuanian:
atvirutė
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Luxembourgish:
Postkaart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Macedonian:
разгле́дница
(razglédnica)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Malay:
poskad
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Mòcheno:
postkòrt
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Mongolian:
ил захидал
(il zaxidal)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Norman:
carte postale
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Norwegian:
brevkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Norwegian Bokmål:
postkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Norwegian Nynorsk:
postkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Pannonian Rusyn:
погляднїца
(pohljadnjica)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Papiamentu:
pòstkart
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Iranian Persian:
کارْت پُسْتال
(kârt postâl)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Iranian Persian:
کارْتپُسْتال
(kârt-postâl)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Plautdietsch:
Postkoat
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Polish:
karta pocztowa
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Polish:
pocztówka
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Polish:
widokówka
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Portuguese:
cartão-postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Portuguese:
postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Romanian:
carte poștală
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Russian:
почто́вая откры́тка
(počtóvaja otkrýtka)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Russian:
откры́тка
(otkrýtka)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Scottish Gaelic:
cairt-phuist
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Serbo-Croatian:
до̀писница
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Serbo-Croatian:
ра́згледница
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Serbo-Croatian:
dòpisnica
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Serbo-Croatian:
rázglednica
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Slovak:
pohľadnica
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Slovene:
razglednica
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Spanish:
tarjeta postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Spanish:
postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Swahili:
postkadi
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Swahili:
kadi ya posta
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Swedish:
vykort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Swedish:
brevkort
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Tagalog:
tarheta-postal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Tajik:
руқъа
(ruq'a)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Tatar:
открытка
(otkrıtqa)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Thai:
โปสต์การ์ด
(bpóot-gáat)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Thai:
ไปรษณียบัตร
(bprai-sà-nii-yá-bàt)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Tibetan:
སྦྲག་ཤོག
(sbrag shog)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Turkish:
kartpostal
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Turkmen:
otkrytka
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Ukrainian:
листі́вка
(lystívka)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Ukrainian:
пошто́ва листі́вка
(poštóva lystívka)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Urdu:
پوسْٹ کارْڈ
(posṭ kārḍ)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Uyghur:
ئاتكىرىتكا
(atkiritka)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Uzbek:
pochta varaqasi
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Uzbek:
otkritka
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Uzbek:
ochiq xat
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Vietnamese:
bưu thiếp
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Vilamovian:
pöstkiöt
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Welsh:
cerdyn post
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Yiddish:
פּאָסטקאַרטל
(postkartl)
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope
Zulu:
iliposikhadi
— rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope