placard
pronunciation
How to pronounce placard in British English:
UK [ˈplækɑ:d]
How to pronounce placard in American English:
US [ˈplækɑrd]
-
- Noun:
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
-
- Verb:
- post in a public place
- publicize or announce by placards
Word Origin
- placard (n.)
- late 15c., "formal document authenticated by an affixed seal," from Middle French placquard "official document with a large, flat seal," also "plate of armor," from Old French plaquier "to lay on, cover up, plaster over," from Middle Dutch placken "to patch (a garment), to plaster," related to Middle High German placke "patch, stain," German Placken "spot, patch." Meaning "poster" first recorded 1550s in English; this sense is in Middle French from 15c.
Example
- 1. A giant python on a placard squeezed the life out of russia .
- 2. " Stop us funding of the muslim brotherhood , " said one placard .
- 3. The bank of china branch on beijing road was razed , with the only remaining trace a placard announcing the bank 's sponsorship of the 2008 olympics .
- 4. In the photo below , a libyan woman holds a placard with a " facebook block list " during demonstrations in one of the streets of northern libya .
- 5. Demonstrators shout slogans and carry a placard while standing on lamp posts during a protest rally near the presidential palace in new delhi , on december 22 , 2012 .