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A postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: note, annotation, notation
the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: general delivery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unit, social unit
Borrowed from French poste restante.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
存局候領 /存局候领
(cúnjúhòulǐng)
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Chinese Mandarin:
存局待領 /存局待领
(cúnjúdàilǐng)
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Chinese Mandarin:
留局候領 /留局候领
(liújúhòulǐng)
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Finnish:
poste restante
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Finnish:
noutoposti
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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French:
poste restante
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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German:
Postlagerservice
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Hungarian:
postán maradó
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Italian:
fermoposta
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Japanese:
局留め
(kyokudome)
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Korean:
우체국 임치제
(ucheguk imchije)
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Portuguese:
posta restante
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Russian:
до востре́бования
(do vostrébovanija)
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
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Swedish:
poste restante
— a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it