post office

post office

See also: postoffice

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊst ˌɔfɪs/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊst ˌɑfɪs/

Noun

post office (countable and uncountable, plural post offices)

1. (countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
2. (countable) An organisation that delivers letters.
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 16:

     “The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she.—“The regularity and despatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!”

3. (Canada, US, uncountable) A party game involving the exchange of kisses.

   Synonym: postman's knock

Synonyms

• (place): postal outlet
• (place): postal station (Canadian)

Derived terms

• post-office order
• travelling post office

Translations

place

Afrikaans: poskantoor Albanian: postë (sq) f Amharic: ፖስታ ቤት (posta bet), ፖስታ (posta) Arabic: مَكْتَب الْبَرِيد‎ m (maktab al-barīd), بَرِيد‎ m (barīd) Armenian: փոստ (hy) (pʿost), փոստի բաժանմունք (pʿosti bažanmunkʿ), (Western Armenian) նամակատուն (hy) (namakatun) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܐ‎ m (bēt bīldara) Azerbaijani: poçt (az) Belarusian: пашто́вае аддзяле́нне n (paštóvaje addzjaljénnje), по́шта f (póšta) Bengali: ডাক বিভাগ (ḍak bibhag) Bulgarian: по́ща (bg) f (póšta) Burmese: စာတိုက် (my) (catuik) Catalan: oficina de correus f, oficina postal f Chinese: Cantonese: 郵局, 邮局 (jau4 guk6-2) Dungan: юҗү (i͡užü) Mandarin: 郵局 (zh), 邮局 (zh) (yóujú), 郵便局 (zh), 邮便局 (zh) (yóubiànjú) (Taiwan) Min Nan: 郵便局 (zh-min-nan), 邮便局 (û-piān-kio̍k) Cornish: lytherva f, sodhva an post f Czech: pošta (cs) f Danish: posthus n, postkontor (da) Dutch: postkantoor (nl) n, posterij (nl) f Esperanto: poŝtejo (eo), poŝtoficejo (eo) Estonian: postkontor Faroese: posthús n Finnish: posti (fi), postitoimisto (fi) French: bureau de poste (fr) m Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa) German: Postamt (de) n, Post (de) f Greek: ταχυδρομείο (el) n (tachydromeío) Hausa: fasa'ofis Hebrew: דֹּאַר‎ (he) m (do-ahr) Hindi: डाकघर (hi) m (ḍākghar), पोस्ट-ऑफ़िस m (posṭ-ŏfis) Hungarian: posta (hu) Icelandic: pósthús (is) n Ido: posto-kontoro (io) Indonesian: kantor pos (id) Irish: oifig an phoist f, oifig poist f Italian: ufficio postale (it) m, posta (it) f Japanese: 郵便局 (ja) (ゆうびんきょく, yūbinkyoku) Kannada: please add this translation if you can Kazakh: пошта (kk) (poşta) Khmer: ប្រៃសណីយ៍ (km) (praysaʼnii), ប៉ុស្តិ៍ (km) (poh), ប្រអប់ប្រៃសណីយ៍ (prɑʼɑp praysaʼnii) Korean: 우체국(郵遞局) (ko) (ucheguk), 우편국(郵便局) (upyeon'guk) (North Korea) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پۆستخانە‎ (postxane), پۆستە‎ (ku) (poste) Northern Kurdish: postexane (ku), postxane Kyrgyz: почта (ky) (poçta) Lao: ໄປສະນີ (pai sa nī), ຫ້ອງການໄປສະນີ (lo) (hǭng kān pai sa nī) Latin: diribitorium n Latvian: pasta nodaļa Lithuanian: pašto skyrius m, paštas (lt) Macedonian: пошта f (pošta) Malay: kantor pos (ms), pejabat pos (ms) Malayalam: പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസ് (pōsṟṟŭ ōfīsŭ), താപാലാപ്പീസ് (tāpālāppīsŭ) Maori: tari poutapeta Mongolian: Cyrillic: шууангийн салбар (šuuangiin salbar) Mòcheno: post f Navajo: naaltsoos ndahageehígi, naaltsoos báhooghan, naaltsoos nehegeehégi Norwegian: Bokmål: postkontor n, posthus n Occitan: pòsta (oc) f, ofici postal m Oromo: mana poostaa Pashto: پوسته خانه‎ (ps) f (posta xāná) Persian: اداره پست‎ (edâre-ye post), پستخانه‎ (fa) (post-xâne) Plautdietsch: Postaumt n Polish: poczta (pl) f Portuguese: estação de correios f, correio (pt) m Punjabi: ਡਾਕਖ਼ਾਨਾ m (ḍākxānā) Romanian: oficiu poștal n Russian: почто́вое отделе́ние n (počtóvoje otdelénije), по́чта (ru) f (póčta), почта́мт (ru) m (počtámt), (main post office) главпочта́мт (ru) m (glavpočtámt) Scottish Gaelic: oifis a' phuist f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: по̏шта f Roman: pȍšta (sh) f Sinhalese: තැපැල් කන්තෝරුව (tæpæl kantōruwa) Slovak: pošta f Slovene: pošta (sl) f Spanish: correos (es) m pl, casa de correos f, oficina de correos f Swahili: posta (sw) Swedish: postkontor (sv) n Tagalog: koreo Tajik: почта (tg) (počta), почтахона (počtaxona) Tamil: அஞ்சலகம் (ta) (añcalakam) Telugu: పోస్టాఫీసు (pōsṭāphīsu) Thai: ที่ทำการไปรษณีย์ (tîi-tam-gaan-bprai-sà-nii), ไปรษณีย์ (th) (bprai-sà-nii) Tibetan: སྦྲག་ཁང (sbrag khang) Turkish: postane (tr) Turkmen: poçta Ukrainian: пошто́ве відді́лення n (poštóve viddílennja), по́шта (uk) f (póšta) Urdu: ڈاک خانہ‎ m (ḍāk khānah), پوسٹ آفس‎ m (posṭ ofis) Uyghur: پوچتا‎ (pochta) Uzbek: pochtaxona (uz), pochtamt (uz), pochta (uz) Vietnamese: sở bưu điện (所郵電), phòng bưu điện (房郵電), bưu cục (vi), bưu điện (vi) Volapük: potöp (vo) Welsh: swyddfa bost (cy) f Yami: ibingkiok

organization

Amharic: ፖስታ (posta) Arabic: بَرِيد‎ m (barīd) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܐ‎ m (bīldara) Armenian: փոստ (hy) (pʿost) Belarusian: по́шта f (póšta) Bulgarian: по́ща (bg) f (póšta) Chinese: Mandarin: 郵局 (zh), 邮局 (zh) (yóujú) Czech: pošta (cs) f Danish: postvæsen n Estonian: post (et) Finnish: posti (fi) French: poste (fr) f Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa) German: Post (de) f Greek: ταχυδρομείο (el) n (tachydromeío) Japanese: 郵便局 (ja) (ゆうびんきょく, yūbinkyoku) Korean: 우체국(郵遞局) (ko) (ucheguk), 우편국(郵便局) (upyeon'guk) (North Korea) Macedonian: пошта f (pošta) Norman: poste f Polish: poczta (pl) f Portuguese: correios (pt) m pl Romanian: poștă (ro) f Russian: по́чта (ru) f (póčta) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: по̏шта f Roman: pȍšta (sh) f Slovak: pošta f Slovene: pošta (sl) f Thai: ไปรษณีย์ (th) (bprai-sà-nii) Ukrainian: по́шта (uk) f (póšta)