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Plural of placard

regular plural

The plural of placard is placards.

Forms of placard

Singularplacard /ˈplæk.ɑːd/
Pluralplacards
Countablecountable

Placards 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
  • The zealots paraded prognostic placards proclaiming chattels like “He Protecc, He Attacc, He’s Eric Black.”2018 March 6, W.F. Whence, “Hacks, pensioners exultant in 41-22 quashing of fanboys”, in The Daily Orange, page 9, column 2. From the entry protecc
  • Browne said the action was in addition to a mandatory 20 percent reduction of placards departmentwide.2008 March 6, Al Baker, “Auxiliary Police See Parking Permit Cut as an Insult”, in New York Times. From the entry departmentwide
  • The newspaper placards that had cried "wolf!" so often, cried "wolf!" now in vain.1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter II, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC. From the entry cry wolf

Meaning of placard

  1. noun A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
  2. noun A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
  3. noun Permission given by authority; a license.

Full definition of placard

Questions about the plural of placard

What is the plural of placard?
The plural of placard is placards.
Is placard countable?
Placard is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: placard (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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