poster - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊstɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊstə(ɹ)

From post +‎ -er.

poster (plural posters)

1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

   He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.

2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

   I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.

3. (Internet) One who posts a message.

   Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.

4. (Australian rules football, informal) A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
5. (ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

   We got three posters in the third and lost.

6. (basketball) A dunk over a defending player.

poster (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)

1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.

   to poster the walls of a bedroom

From post +‎ -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

poster (plural posters)

1. (dated) A posthorse.

   • 1854, Charles Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad:

     we whirled along with four posters at a gallop

2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.

   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     posters of the sea and land

• eSport, opters, tropes, retops, Perots, Presto, repots, Petros, e-sport, respot, presto, esport, repost, petros, Strope, stoper, sprote, topers, Portes, opster

From posten +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tər/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɔstər

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. a trade union member who is on the lookout to deter strikebreakers

   • 1923, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Maandschrift, volume 18, page 833:

     […] , betreffende te betalen schadevergoeding voor het lastigvallen van werkwilligen door posters, leden van de afdeeling Landsberg a. W. van den staalbewerkersbond.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1931, Mary Heaton Vorse, Staking, page 134:

     De stoet posters ging langs de zijstraat naar de fabriek, heel ordelijk, vol onderdrukte opwinding, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1955, Albertus Spruit, Stakingsrecht in het kader van de arbeidsovereenkomst, page 98:

     In de hitte van de strijd zullen vele posters zich dikwijls laten gaan en bij hun controle en pogingen tot overreden niet altijd geoorloofde middelen toepassen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Borrowed from English poster.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːs.tər/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter
• Rhymes: -oːstər

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. a poster, a large sheet of printed paper that is hung vertically (e.g. on a wall)
2. a billboard or placard to be posted on a public or private place

• aanplakbiljet
• affiche

Borrowed from English poster.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːs.tər/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter
• Rhymes: -oːstər

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. a poster, one who posts messages on-line

• proest, sporte, sproet, sprote

From poste (“mail (service)”) +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.te/

poster

1. (transitive) to post, (put in the) mail

From poste (“military post”) +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.te/

poster

1. (transitive, military) to post

Borrowed from English poster.

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.tɛʁ/

poster m (plural posters)

1. poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place)

   Synonym: affiche

• postériser

• → Turkish: poster

• “poster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• portes, portés

From English poster.

poster (Jawi spelling ڤوستر, plural poster-poster, informal 1st possessive posterku, 2nd possessive postermu, 3rd possessive posternya)

1. poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall)

   • 2013 April 16, “Jangan pasang bendera parti di premis polis [Don't put party flags on police premises]”, in Astro Awani‎^[1]:

     Semua parti politik yang bertanding dalam Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU13) diingatkan tidak sesekali memasang atau menggantung bendera parti mereka mahupun poster kempen pilihanraya di balai-balai polis dan premis milik Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM).

     All political parties contesting in the General Election (GE13) are reminded not to put up or hang their party flags or campaign posters in police stations and premises belonging to the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP).

• “poster” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• postaïr (Guernsey)

From English post + -er.

poster

1. (Jersey) to post

Borrowed from English poster.

poster n (plural postere)

1. poster

From English poster.

poster c

1. a poster; picture of celebrity, activity etc. to be posted
2. indefinite plural of post

• poster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• protes, ropets

Borrowed from English poster.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈposteɾ/ [ˈpos.t̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -osteɾ
• Syllabification: pos‧ter

poster (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. poster (picture intended to be attached to a wall)
2. poster (advertisement to be posted on a post, wall, etc.)

   Synonyms: kartelon, kartel, paskil

• plakard

• “poster”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Borrowed from French poster.

• IPA^(key): /posˈtæɾ/
• Hyphenation: pos‧ter

poster (definite accusative posteri, plural posterler)

1. poster

From English poster.

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔsdɛr/, [ˈpʰɔstɛr]
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔsdar/, [ˈpʰɔstar]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔsdɛr/, [ˈpʰɔstɛr]

poster m (plural posteri)

1. poster (picture or advertisement)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “poster”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies