placard
A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for…A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
» What's written on the placard?
Was steht auf dem Plakat?
Що написано на плакаті?
Meaning
6 sensesA sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
Plakat, Anschlag
афи́шаafíša, плака́тplakát, объявле́ниеobʺjavlénije
плака́тplakát, афі́шаafíša
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
(historical)An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
(historical)A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
The woodwork and frame of the door of a closet etc.
(obsolete)A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
(obsolete)Permission given by authority; a license.
to give a placard to do something
Examples
10 sentencesWhat's written on the placard?
Що написано на плакаті?
deWas steht auf dem Plakat?
What is your aim with these placards?
Harriet was holding a placard demanding marriage equality.
The machine has a warning placard reminding people to use lockout and tagout.
What's on that placard?
deWas steht auf dem Plakat?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English placard (“official document”), from Middle French placard, placart, plFrom Middle English placard (“official document”), from Middle French placard, placart, plaquart (“a placard, a writing pasted on a wall”), from the Old French verb plaquer, plaquier (“to stick or paste, roughcast”), from Middle Dutch placken, plecken (“to glue or fasten, plaster, patch”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“a piece of cloth, patch”), equivalent to plaque + -ard.
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