poster
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊstɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊstə(r)
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
poster (plural posters)
- 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.
- 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.
- (Internet) One who posts a message.
- Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
- (ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
- We got three posters in the third and lost.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
picture intended to be attached to a wall
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advertisement — See also translations at placard
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shot that hits a goalpost
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VerbEdit
poster (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)
- (transitive) To decorate with posters.
- to poster the walls of a bedroom
Etymology 2Edit
post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).
NounEdit
poster (plural posters)
- (dated) A posthorse.
- C. Lever (Can we date this quote?)
- posters at full gallop
- C. Lever (Can we date this quote?)
- (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.
- Shakespeare (Can we date this quote?)
- posters of the sea and land
- Shakespeare (Can we date this quote?)
AnagramsEdit
- Presto, Strope, e-sport, eSport, esport, opster, opters, petros, presto, repost, repots, respot, sprote, topers, tropes
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)
- One who sets out posts, such as sentinels
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)
- A poster, an large sheet of printed paper that is hung vertically (e.g. on a wall).
- A billboard or placard to be posted on a public or private place.
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From poste (“mail (service)”) + -er.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
poster
- (transitive) To post, (put in the) mail
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of poster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | poster | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | postant /pɔs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | posté /pɔs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | poste /pɔst/ |
postes /pɔst/ |
poste /pɔst/ |
postons /pɔs.tɔ̃/ |
postez /pɔs.te/ |
postent /pɔst/ |
| imperfect | postais /pɔs.tɛ/ |
postais /pɔs.tɛ/ |
postait /pɔs.tɛ/ |
postions /pɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
postiez /pɔs.tje/ |
postaient /pɔs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | postai /pɔs.te/ |
postas /pɔs.ta/ |
posta /pɔs.ta/ |
postâmes /pɔs.tam/ |
postâtes /pɔs.tat/ |
postèrent /pɔs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | posterai /pɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
posteras /pɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
postera /pɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
posterons /pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
posterez /pɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
posteront /pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | posterais /pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
posterais /pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
posterait /pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
posterions /pɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
posteriez /pɔs.tə.ʁje/ |
posteraient /pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | poste /pɔst/ |
postes /pɔst/ |
poste /pɔst/ |
postions /pɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
postiez /pɔs.tje/ |
postent /pɔst/ |
| imperfect2 | postasse /pɔs.tas/ |
postasses /pɔs.tas/ |
postât /pɔs.ta/ |
postassions /pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
postassiez /pɔs.ta.sje/ |
postassent /pɔs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | poste /pɔst/ |
— | postons /pɔs.tɔ̃/ |
postez /pɔs.te/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Etymology 2Edit
From poste (“military post”) + -er.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
poster
- (transitive, military) To post
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
poster m (plural posters)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “poster” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).