English Explanatory Dictionary

postcode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
  2. The region denoted by such a sequence.
  3. A four-digit number added to a postal address to sort and deliver mail.
verb
  1. To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/ /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/ En-au-postcode.ogg

Word forms

postcode postcodes post code postcoding postcoded

Etymology

From post + code.

Related words

postal code zip code

Derived words

postcode lottery postcode war

Translations

Afrikaans: poskode Albanian: kod postar Arabic: رَمْز بَرِيدِيّ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܸܡܙܵܐ ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܝܵܐ Armenian: փոստային ինդեքս Azerbaijani: poçt indeksi Belarusian: пашто́вы і́ндэкс Bengali: পোস্ট কোড Bulgarian: по́щенски код Burmese: စာတိုက်သင်္ကေတ Chinese Cantonese: 郵政編碼 /邮政编码 Chinese Cantonese: 郵編 /邮编 Chinese Cantonese: 郵區編號 /邮区编号 Chinese Mandarin: 郵政編碼 /邮政编码 Chinese Mandarin: 郵編 /邮编 Chinese Mandarin: 郵遞區號 /邮递区号 Czech: směrovací číslo Czech: poštovní směrovací číslo Czech: PSČ Danish: postnummer Dutch: postcode Dutch: postnummer Esperanto: poŝtkodo Estonian: postiindeks Finnish: postinumero French: code postal Georgian: საფოსტო კოდი Georgian: საფოსტო ინდექსი German: PLZ German: Postleitzahl Greek: ταχυδρομικός κώδικας Greek: ΤΚ Hebrew: מִקּוּד Hindi: पोस्टकोड Hungarian: irányítószám Icelandic: póstnúmer Ido: kodexo postala Indonesian: kode pos Irish: postchód Italian: codice postale Japanese: 郵便番号 Kazakh: пошта индексі Khmer: លេខប្រៃសណីយ៍ Korean: 우편번호 Northern Kurdish: koda posteyê Kyrgyz: почта индекси Lao: ລະຫັດໄປສະນີ Latvian: pasta kods Latvian: pasta indeks Lithuanian: pašto kodas Macedonian: поштенски број
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