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Webster 1913 Edition
Poster
Post′er
,Noun.
1.
A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.
2.
One who posts bills; a billposter.
Post′er
,Noun.
1.
One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
“Posters of the sea and land.” Shak.
2.
A post horse.
“Posters at full gallop.” C. Lever.
Webster 1828 Edition
Poster
POSTER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
Poster
Poster
German
Noun
Poster n (genitive Posters, plural Poster)
- poster (A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.)
Declension
Declension of Poster
External links
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Poster on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Poster in Duden online
poster
poster
English
Noun
poster (plural posters)
- (Internet) One who posts a message.
- Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
- An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
- I saw a poster for it on the side of a bus.
- 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.
- (ice hockey, slang) A shot which only hits a goal post without going in
- We got three posters in the third and lost.
Derived terms
Translations
internet: one who posts a message
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advertisement
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picture intended to be attached to a wall
shot which only hits a goal post
Verb
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 2
from to post (travel, dispatch) + -er
Noun
poster (plural posters)
- (dated) A posthorse.
- C. Lever
- Posters at full gallop.
- C. Lever
- (archaic) A swift traveler; a courier.
- Shakespeare
- Posters of the sea and land.
- Shakespeare
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology 1
Noun
poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)
- One who sets out posts, such as sentinels
Etymology 2
Noun
poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)
- A billboard to be posted on a public or private place
Synonyms
- aanplakbiljet n
- affiche
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
From poste (“the mail (service)”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔs.te/
Verb
poster
Conjugation
Conjugation of poster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | poster | avoir posté | |||||
| gerund | en postant | en ayant posté | |||||
| present participle | postant /pɔs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | posté /pɔs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | postai /pɔs.te/ |
postas /pɔs.ta/ |
posta /pɔs.ta/ |
postâmes /pɔs.tam/ |
postâtes /pɔs.tat/ |
postèrent /pɔs.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | poste /pɔst/ |
postes /pɔst/ |
poste /pɔst/ |
postions /pɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
postiez /pɔs.tje/ |
postent /pɔst/ |
| imperfect1 |
postasse /pɔs.tas/ |
postasses /pɔs.tas/ |
postât /pɔs.ta/ |
postassions /pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
postassiez /pɔs.ta.sje/ |
postassent /pɔs.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | poste /pɔst/ |
— | postons /pɔs.tɔ̃/ |
postez /pɔs.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Etymology 2
From poste (“military post”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔs.te/
Verb
poster
Conjugation
Conjugation of poster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | poster | avoir posté | |||||
| gerund | en postant | en ayant posté | |||||
| present participle | postant /pɔs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | posté /pɔs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | postai /pɔs.te/ |
postas /pɔs.ta/ |
posta /pɔs.ta/ |
postâmes /pɔs.tam/ |
postâtes /pɔs.tat/ |
postèrent /pɔs.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | poste /pɔst/ |
postes /pɔst/ |
poste /pɔst/ |
postions /pɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
postiez /pɔs.tje/ |
postent /pɔst/ |
| imperfect1 |
postasse /pɔs.tas/ |
postasses /pɔs.tas/ |
postât /pɔs.ta/ |
postassions /pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
postassiez /pɔs.ta.sje/ |
postassent /pɔs.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | poste /pɔst/ |
— | postons /pɔs.tɔ̃/ |
postez /pɔs.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔs.teʁ/
Noun
poster m (plural posters)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- postériser
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
from English poster
Noun
poster c
Declension
| Inflection of poster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | poster | postern | postrar | postrarna |
| Genitive | posters | posterns | postrars | postrarnas |
References
- poster in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)