noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To apply a postmark on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marker, marking, mark
4
verb
Meaning 4
stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frank
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stamp
History
Etymology
Compound of post + mark.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
خَتْم بَرِيدِيّ
(ḵatm barīdiyy)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Belarusian:
пашто́вы штэ́мпель
(paštóvy štémpjelʹ)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Belarusian:
пашто́вы штэ́мпэль
(paštóvy štémpelʹ)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Bulgarian:
по́щенски печа́т
(póštenski pečát)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Chinese Mandarin:
郵戳 /邮戳
(yóuchuō)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Danish:
poststempel
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Esperanto:
poŝtmarko
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Estonian:
postitempel
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Finnish:
postileima
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
French:
cachet de la poste
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
German:
Poststempel
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Hungarian:
postai bélyegző
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Indonesian:
cap pos
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Italian:
bollo postale
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Italian:
annullo postale
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Italian:
timbro postale
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Japanese:
消印
(keshiin)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Japanese:
郵便印
(yūbin'in)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Japanese:
スタンプ
(sutanpu)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Korean:
소인
(soin)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Korean:
포스트마크
(poseuteumakeu)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Latvian:
pasta zīmogs
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Iranian Persian:
مُهْرِ پُسْت
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Portuguese:
carimbo
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Russian:
почто́вый ште́мпель
(počtóvyj štɛ́mpelʹ)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Slovene:
poštni žig
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Spanish:
matasellos
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Spanish:
timbre
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Swedish:
poststämpel
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Thai:
ตราประทับ
(dtraa-bprà-táp)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Ukrainian:
пошто́вий ште́мпель
(poštóvyj štémpelʹ)
— marking made by a postal service on a letter
Danish:
afstemple
— to apply a postmark on
Finnish:
leimata
— to apply a postmark on
German:
stempeln
— to apply a postmark on
Latvian:
zīmogot
— to apply a postmark on
Russian:
штемпелева́ть
(štempelevátʹ)
— to apply a postmark on
