postage stamp

English

A stamp

Noun

postage stamp (plural postage stamps)

A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves.
(figuratively, colloquial) A very small area.
We have just a postage stamp of a back garden.
(soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
Synonym: top bin
- 2011, Alistair Aird, Ally McCoist - Rangers Legend
  […] got in on the act himself, firing in an unstoppable shot that arced into the postage stamp top corner of Andy Goram's goal.

Translations

piece of paper indicating postage has been paid

Afrikaans: posseël (af)
Albanian: pullë poste f, pullë (sq) f
Amharic: ቴምብር (tembər)
Arabic: طَابِع‎ m (ṭābiʿ), طَابِع بَرِيدِيّ‎ m (ṭābiʿ barīdiyy)
Moroccan Arabic: تنبر‎ (tanbar), طابع‎ m (ṭābaʕ)
Armenian: փոստային նամականիշ (pʿostayin namakaniš), նամականիշ (hy) (namakaniš)
Assamese: ডাক টিকট (dak tikot)
Asturian: sellu m, sellu postal m
Azerbaijani: poçt markası, marka (az), təmr
Basque: zigilu
Belarusian: пашто́вая ма́рка f (paštóvaja márka), ма́рка f (márka)
Bengali: টিকিট (bn) (ṭikiṭ), ডাকটিকিট (ḍakṭikiṭ)
Bulgarian: по́щенска ма́рка f (póštenska márka), ма́рка (bg) f (márka)
Burmese: ခေါင်း (my) (hkaung:), တံဆိပ်ခေါင်း (my) (tamhciphkaung:)
Catalan: segell (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 郵票, 邮票 (jau⁴ piu³)
Hakka: 郵票, 邮票 (yù-phiau), 切手 (khit-té) (Taiwan)
Mandarin: 郵票／邮票 (zh) (yóupiào)
Min Dong: 郵票, 邮票 (iù-piéu)
Min Nan: 切手 (zh-min-nan) (khit-teh / chhiat-chhiú), 郵票 (zh-min-nan), 邮票 (iû-phiò)
Wu: 郵票, 邮票 (hhieu phiau)
Crimean Tatar: mektüp pulu
Czech: poštovní známka (cs) f, známka (cs) f
Danish: frimærke (da) n, mærke n
Dutch: postzegel (nl) m
Esperanto: poŝtmarko (eo)
Estonian: postmark (et), mark (et)
Faroese: frímerki (fo) n
Finnish: postimerkki (fi), merkki (fi)
French: timbre (fr) m, timbre postal (fr) m
Galician: selo m, selo postal m
Georgian: საფოსტო მარკა (saposṭo marḳa), მარკა (marḳa)
German: Briefmarke (de) f, Marke (de) f, Freimarke (de) f, Wert (de) m, Postwertzeichen (de) n, Wertzeichen (de) n
Greek: γραμματόσημο (el) n (grammatósimo)
Gujarati: ટપાલ ટિકિટ (ṭapāl ṭikiṭ)
Hebrew: בּוּל דֹּאַר\\בּוּל דואר‎ m (bul dóar), בּוּל‎ (he) m (bul)
Hindi: डाक का टिकट m (ḍāk kā ṭikaṭ), टिकट (hi) m or f (ṭikaṭ), डाक-टिकट m or f (ḍāk-ṭikaṭ), स्टाम्प (hi) m (sṭāmp)
Hungarian: postabélyeg (hu), levélbélyeg (hu)
Icelandic: frímerki (is) n
Ido: stampilo (io)
Indonesian: prangko (id), perangko (id)
Interlingua: timbro
Irish: stampa poist
Italian: francobollo (it) m
Japanese: 切手 (ja) (きって, kitte)
Javanese: prangko
Kazakh: пошта маркасы (poşta markasy), марка (kk) (marka)
Khmer: តែម (km) (taem)
Korean: 우표 (ko) (upyo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پوول‎ (ku) (pûl)
Northern Kurdish: pûl (ku)
Kyrgyz: почта маркасы (poçta markası), марка (marka)
Lao: ສະແຕັມໄປສະນີ (lo) (sa tæm pai sa nī)
Latvian: pastmarka f, marka f
Lithuanian: pašto ženklas m, ženklas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Timber (lb) m
Macedonian: по́штенска ма́рка f (póštenska márka), ма́рка f (márka)
Malay: setem, setem pos
Malayalam: തപാൽ മുദ്ര (tapāl mudra)
Maltese: boll m
Mon: တြာ ဍိုပ် (kra dɒp), ဍိုပ် အဆိပ် (dɒp əchip)
Mongolian: шуудангийн марк (šuudangiin mark), марк (mn) (mark)
Neapolitan: 'mbòllo
Nepali: हुलाक टिकट (hulāk ṭikaṭ)
Norman: tîmbre m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frimerke (no) n, merke (no) n
Nynorsk: frimerke n, merke n
Occitan: timbre m
Oromo: tambeera
Pashto: لېونحاله‎ f (levanhãla)
Persian: تمبر پستی‎ (fa) (tambr-e posti), تمبر‎ (fa) (tambr)
Plautdietsch: Breefmoakj n
Polish: znaczek pocztowy (pl) m, znaczek (pl) m
Portuguese: selo (pt) m, selo postal m
Romanian: timbru (ro) n, timbru poștal (ro) n, marcă poștală f
Russian: почто́вая ма́рка (ru) f (počtóvaja márka), ма́рка (ru) f (márka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поштанска марка f, марка f
Roman: poštanska marka f, marka (sh) f
Sicilian: francubbullu m
Sinhalese: තැපැල් මුද්දර (tæpæl muddara)
Slovak: poštová známka f, známka f
Slovene: poštna znamka f, znamka (sl) f
Spanish: estampilla (es) f (Latin America), sello (es) m (Spain), (Mexico) timbre (es) m
Swahili: stempu
Swedish: frimärke (sv)
Tagalog: selyo
Tajik: марка (tg) (marka)
Tamil: அஞ்சற்றலை (añcaṟṟalai)
Tatar: марка (marka)
Telugu: తపాలా బిళ్ళ (tapālā biḷḷa)
Thai: ไปรษณียากร (bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn), แสตมป์ (th) (sà-dtɛɛm), ตราไปรษณียากร (dtraa-bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn), ดวงตราไปรษณียากร (duuang-dtraa-bprai-sà-nii-yaa-gɔɔn)
Tibetan: སྦྲག་འཛིན (sbrag 'dzin)
Turkish: posta pulu (tr), pul (tr)
Turkmen: marka
Ukrainian: пошто́ва ма́рка f (poštóva márka), ма́рка f (márka)
Urdu: ڈاک ٹکٹ‎ m or f (ḍāk ṭikaṭ), ٹکٹ‎ m or f (ṭikaṭ)
Uyghur: ماركا‎ (marka), پوچتا ماركىسى‎ (pochta markisi)
Uzbek: pochta markasi, marka (uz)
Vietnamese: tem (vi)
Volapük: penedamäk (vo)
Yiddish: מאַרקע‎ f (marke)
Zhuang: youzbiuq, youzbyau

small area

Chinese:
Mandarin: 面積很小的地方／面积很小的地方 (miànjī hěn xiǎo de dìfang)
Danish: frimærke (da)
Finnish: postimerkki (fi)
French: timbre-poste (fr) m

postage stamp

English

Noun

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