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postcard

noun · verb · 4 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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  • US: /ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P OW1 S T K AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P OW1 S K AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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
Real reading context

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