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postcode

noun · verb · 5 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: /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/
  • General-American: /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

The region denoted by such a sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A four-digit number added to a postal address to sort and deliver mail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ZIP code, ZIP, postal code

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: code

History

Etymology

From post + code.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: poskode — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Albanian: kod postar — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Arabic: رَمْز بَرِيدِيّ (ramz barīdiyy) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܸܡܙܵܐ ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܝܵܐ (rimzā bīldārāyā) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Armenian: փոստային ինդեքս (pʻostayin indekʻs) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Azerbaijani: poçt indeksi — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Belarusian: пашто́вы і́ндэкс (paštóvy índeks) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Bengali: পোস্ট কোড (pōsṭ kōḍ) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Bulgarian: по́щенски код (póštenski kod) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Burmese: စာတိုက်သင်္ကေတ (catuiksangketa.) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Chinese Cantonese: 郵政編碼 /邮政编码 (jau4 zing3 pin1 maa5) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Chinese Cantonese: 郵編 /邮编 (jau4 pin1) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Chinese Cantonese: 郵區編號 /邮区编号 (jau4 keoi1 pin1 hou6) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵政編碼 /邮政编码 (yóuzhèng biānmǎ) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵編 /邮编 (yóubiān) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵遞區號 /邮递区号 (yóudì qūhào) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Czech: směrovací číslo — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Czech: poštovní směrovací číslo — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Czech: PSČ — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Danish: postnummer — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Dutch: postcode — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Dutch: postnummer — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Esperanto: poŝtkodo — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Estonian: postiindeks — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Finnish: postinumero — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • French: code postal — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Georgian: საფოსტო კოდი (saposṭo ḳodi) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Georgian: საფოსტო ინდექსი (saposṭo indeksi) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • German: PLZ — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • German: Postleitzahl — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Greek: ταχυδρομικός κώδικας (tachydromikós kódikas) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Greek: ΤΚ (TK) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Hebrew: מִקּוּד (mikúd) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Hindi: पोस्टकोड (posṭkoḍ) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Hungarian: irányítószám — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Icelandic: póstnúmer — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Ido: kodexo postala — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Indonesian: kode pos — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Irish: postchód — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Italian: codice postale — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Japanese: 郵便番号 (yūbin bangō) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Kazakh: пошта индексі (poşta indeksı) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Khmer: លេខប្រៃសណីយ៍ (leek praysaʼnii) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Korean: 우편번호 (upyeonbeonho) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Northern Kurdish: koda posteyê — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Kyrgyz: почта индекси (pocta indeksi) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Lao: ລະຫັດໄປສະນີ (la hat pai sa nī) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Latvian: pasta kods — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Latvian: pasta indeks — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Lithuanian: pašto kodas — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Macedonian: поштенски број (poštenski broj) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Malay: poskod — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Māori: tohu karere — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Mongolian: шуудангийн индекс (šuudangiin indeks) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Norman: codement postal — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Norwegian Bokmål: postnummer — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: postnummer — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Pashto: پوستي کوډ (posti koḍ) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Iranian Persian: کُدِ پُسْتی (kod-e posti) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Polish: kod pocztowy — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Portuguese: código postal — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Portuguese: código de endereçamento postal — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Portuguese: CEP — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Romanian: cod poștal — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Russian: почто́вый и́ндекс (počtóvyj índɛks) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Scottish Gaelic: còd postachd — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Serbo-Croatian: поштански број — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Serbo-Croatian: поштански код — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Serbo-Croatian: poštanski broj — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Serbo-Croatian: poštanski kod — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Silesian: brifkod — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Sinhalese: තැපැල් කේතය (tæpæl kētaya) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Slovak: poštové smerovacie číslo — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Slovak: PSČ — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Slovak: smerovacie číslo — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Slovene: poštna številka — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Spanish: código postal — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Swahili: postikodi — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Swedish: postkod — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Tajik: нишонаи почта (nišona-yi počta) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Tamil: அஞ்சல் குறியீடு (añcal kuṟiyīṭu) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Tatar: почта индексы (poçta indeksı) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Thai: รหัสไปรษณีย์ (rá-hàt-bprai-sà-nii) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Turkish: posta kodu — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Turkmen: poçta indeksi — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Ukrainian: пошто́вий і́ндекс (poštóvyj índeks) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Urdu: رَمْزِ ڈاک (ramz-i ḍāk) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Urdu: پوسْٹ کوڈ (posṭ koḍ) — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Uzbek: pochta indeksi — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Vietnamese: mã bưu chính — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Vietnamese: mã thư tín — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Welsh: cod post — sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address
  • Danish: postnummer — region
  • Finnish: postinumeroalue — region
  • Polish: kod pocztowy — region
Real reading context

postcode in complete knowledge articles