placard
/ˈplæk.ɑːd/US/ˈplæk.ɑɹd/
placard noun: a sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
Noun
placard (plural placards)
- A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
- Especially from Mr. Borthrop Trumbull, a distinguished bachelor and auctioneer of those parts, much concerned in the sale of land and cattle: a public character, indeed, whose name was seen on widely distributed placards, and who might reasonably be sorry for those who did not know of him.1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to...
- He brought out the placard, which was quite a work of art. It was nearly two feet long, printed on calendered paper, with a selection of colors so bright that they shone even in the moonlight.1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter IV, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC
- A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
- All placards or edicts are published in his name.1655, James Howell, “A Survey of the Seventeen Provinces”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey...
- Permission given by authority; a license.
- to give a placard to do something
- An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
- 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.
Verb
placard (third-person singular simple present placards, present participle placarding, simple past and past participle placarded)
- To affix a placard to, or mark with a placard nearby.
- The inner walls of the church were placarded with large mural tablets of copper, bearing engraved inscriptions celebrating the merits of old Heilbronn worthies of two or three centuries ago, […]1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter XII, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 108
- The mail coaches were placarded PEACE WITH FRANCE in large capitals, and the drivers all wore a sprig of laurel, as an emblem of peace, in their hats.1890, John Ashton, The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England
- To announce with placards.
- to placard a sale
- These men, who have already caused you so much harm, whom you yourselves dispersed on the 31st of October, are placarding their intention to protect you against the Prussians, who have only made an appearance within our walls, […]1871, John Leighton, Paris under the Commune
placard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
placard in Hindi
- a sheet of paper or cardboard
- प्लैकर्ड plaikarḍ, पोस्टर posṭar, इश्तहार iśtahār
placard in Tamil
- அறிவிப்புத் தட்டி, அறிவிப்பு அட்டை, பதாகை
placard in Urdu
- a sheet of paper or cardboard
- اِشْتِہار iśtihār, پِلے کارْڈ pile kārḍ, پوسْٹَر posṭar
placard in Bengali
- a sheet of paper or cardboard
- পোস্টার pōsṭar, প্ল্যাকার্ড plêkarḍo
More languagesFewer languages
- placard in Malayalam
- പരസ്യപത്രം, ചുവർപരസ്യം, വിളംബരം, പരസ്യക്കടലാസ്
- placard in Kannada
- ಗೋಡೆತಿಟ್ಟ, ಭಿತ್ತಿಚಿತ್ರ, ಜಾಹೀರಾತಿಗಾಗಿ ಅಂಟಿಸುವ ರಟ್ಟಿನ ಬೋರ್ಡು, ಸೂಳ್ಗರೆತ
- placard in Arabic
- مُلْصَق mulṣaq, لَافِتَة lāfita, أَفِيش ʔafīš
- placard in Indonesian
- plakat
- placard in Thai
- ป้าย bpâai, ป้ายประกาศ
- placard in Vietnamese
- tranh cổ động, áp phích, bích chương
Examples of placard in a sentence
- While her husband read the placards pasted on the brick announcing the hours at which certain ships would sail for Scotland, Mrs.1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
- Sandwich board men were employed at Charing Cross and Cannon Street to display placards, and distribute leaflet timetables, calling attention to the vacant seats on the services via Nunhead.1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386:
- In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian...
- […] we have railed off the part and placarded it "Dangerous" […]1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
Forms of placard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | placards |
| alternative form | plackart |
| alternative form | plaquet |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | placards |
| present participle | placarding |
| past participle | placarded |
| past | placarded |
Origin of placard
From 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. Related to Middle Low German placken (“to smear with lime or clay, plaster”), Saterland Frisian Plak, Plakke (“a hit, smack, slap”), German Placken (“a spot, patch”), Icelandic plagg (“a document”), Hebrew פלקט (plakat, “a large sheet of paper, typically with a photo or writing, posted on the wall”), English play. Compare also Modern Dutch plakkaat (“placard”), Saterland Frisian Plakoat (“a placard, poster”). More at play.
Words formed from placard
Questions about placard
- What does placard mean?
- Placard means a sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
- What is placard in Hindi?
- Placard in Hindi is प्लैकर्ड (plaikarḍ), पोस्टर (posṭar), इश्तहार (iśtahār). See Placard meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use placard in a sentence?
- While her husband read the placards pasted on the brick announcing the hours at which certain ships would sail for Scotland, Mrs.
- What part of speech is placard?
- Placard can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce placard?
- Placard is pronounced /ˈplæk.ɑːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of placard?
- The plural of placard is placards.
Words near placard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: placard (page history and authors); placard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); placard (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); placard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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