different between poster vs handbill

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po?st?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(r)

Etymology 1

post +? -er

Noun

poster (plural posters)

1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

3. (Internet) One who posts a message.

4. (Australian rules football, informal) A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
5. (ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

Derived terms

• OP
• posterboard
• poster paint

Descendants

Translations

Verb

poster (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)

1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.

Etymology 2

post +? -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

Noun

poster (plural posters)

1. (dated) A posthorse.
   • 1854, Charles Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad

     we whirled along with four posters at a gallop

2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.

Anagrams

• Portes, Presto, Strope, e-sport, eSport, esport, opster, opters, petros, presto, repost, repots, respot, sprote, topers, tropes

Dutch

Etymology 1

From posten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.t?r/
• Hyphenation: pos?ter
• Rhymes: -?st?r

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. A trade union member who is on the lookout to deter strikebreakers.
   • 1923, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Maandschrift, vol. 18, page 833.

   • 1931, Mary Heaton Vorse, Staking, page 134.

   • 1955, Albertus Spruit, Stakingsrecht in het kader van de arbeidsovereenkomst, page 98.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?po?s.t?r/
• Hyphenation: pos?ter
• Rhymes: -o?st?r

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. A poster, an large sheet of printed paper that is hung vertically (e.g. on a wall).
2. A billboard or placard to be posted on a public or private place.

Synonyms

• aanplakbiljet
• affiche

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English poster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?po?s.t?r/
• Hyphenation: pos?ter
• Rhymes: -o?st?r

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

1. A poster, one who posts messages on-line.

Anagrams

• proest, sporte, sproet, sprote

French

Etymology 1

From poste (“mail (service)”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.te/

Verb

poster

1. (transitive) To post, (put in the) mail

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From poste (“military post”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.te/

Verb

poster

1. (transitive, military) To post

Etymology 3

From English poster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.t??/

Noun

poster m (plural posters)

1. poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place)

Synonyms

• affiche

Derived terms

• postériser

Anagrams

• portes, portés

Further reading

• “poster” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Alternative forms

• postaïr (Guernsey)

Etymology

From English post + -er.

Verb

poster

1. (Jersey) to post

Swedish

Etymology

From English poster.

Noun

poster c

1. a poster; picture of celebrity, activity etc. to be posted
2. indefinite plural of post

Declension

References

• poster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• protes, ropets

Welsh

Etymology

From English poster.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?p?sd?r/, [?p??st?r]
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?p?sdar/, [?p??star]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?p?sd?r/, [?p??st?r]

Noun

poster m (plural posteri)

1. poster (picture or advertisement)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “poster”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Alternative forms

• hand bill, hand-bill

Etymology 1

From hand +? bill (“cutting instrument”).

Noun

handbill (plural handbills)

1. A pruning hook.
2. A chopping instrument; billhook

Etymology 2

From hand +? bill (“sheet of paper”).

Noun

handbill (plural handbills)

1. A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

Translations

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• brochure
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• flier, flyer
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet