placard

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈplækɑrd/ UK /ˈplækɑːd/ See IPA manual

noun verb

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noun
a printed sign or notice for public display; to post such notices

Protesters carried a placard demanding cleaner air.

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1 noun · a printed sign or notice... poster sign notice bill banner board handbill

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Derived forms placardedplacarding

Etymology

From Middle French placard ('poster, official document'), from plaquier ('to plaster, lay flat'), from Middle Dutch placken ('to patch, plaster').

placard Middle French placken Middle Dutch

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# placard

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈplækɑrd
**IPA (UK):** ˈplækɑːd

## Meanings
1. a printed sign or notice for public display; to post such notices

## Examples
- Protesters carried a placard demanding cleaner air.

## Synonyms
- poster
- sign
- notice
- bill
- banner
- board
- handbill

## Derived Forms
- placarded
- placarding

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: placard
- Root: placken

## Etymology
From Middle French placard ('poster, official document'), from plaquier ('to plaster, lay flat'), from Middle Dutch placken ('to patch, plaster').

## AI Etymology
Placard is from Middle French placard ('poster, official document'), from plaquier ('to plaster, lay flat'), from Middle Dutch placken ('to patch, plaster'). Important recorded forms include placard (Middle French) and placken (Middle Dutch). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a printed sign or notice for public display; to post such notices. The wider family includes derived forms such as placarded and placarding.

## Topics
- People & Society

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