placard

Meaning

Noun

1. A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
2. (obsolete) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
3. (obsolete) Permission given by authority; a license.
4. (historical) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
5. (historical) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
6. The woodwork and frame of the door of a closet etc.

Verb

1. To affix a placard to.
2. To announce with placards.

Synonyms

poster

bill

notice

post

post up

sign

posting

advertisement

signboard

playbill

card

bulletin

circular

paste

paste up

stick

glue

label

🏷️

leaflet

name plate

note

classifieds

notices

designation strip

famous brand

pinup

advertise

brochure

broadsheet

bond

banner

publicize

put up

announce

agglutinate

slip of paper

wall sheet

tab

tag

ticket

🎫

pancarte

post a notice

put up an announcement

bill posted on the wall

commercial

docket

eye-catcher

Translations

cartellone

Plakat

affiche

cartel

cartaz

aanplakbiljet

🪧

plakkaat

🪧

manifesto

poster

affiche

🪧

affisso

edital

Anschlagzettel

aanplakken

placard

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplæk.ɑːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: placard

Cognate with Middle Low German: placken

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Plak

Cognate with German: Placken

Cognate with Icelandic: plagg

Cognate with Hebrew: פלקט

Cognate with English: play

Cognate with Dutch: plakkaat

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Plakoat

In summary

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.