"license plate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: license plates [plural], spelling [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} license plate (plural license plates)
  1. An identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a sequence of letters, numbers, or both identifying the vehicle, and placed at the back and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle. Wikipedia link: license plate Categories (topical): Auto parts Synonyms: number plate [Australian, British], licence plate (english: spelling outside US) Translations (an identifying plate attached to a vehicle): ታርጋ ቁጥር (targa ḳuṭr) (Amharic), لَوْحَةُ سَيَّارَةٍ (lawḥatu sayyāratin) [feminine] (Arabic), لَوْحَةُ تَسْجِيلٍ مَرْكَبَةٍ (lawḥatu tasjīlin markabatin) [feminine] (Arabic), ավտոմեքենայի պետական համարանիշ (avtomekʻenayi petakan hamaraniš) (Armenian), պետհամարանիշ (pethamaraniš) (Armenian), nömrəli plaka (Azerbaijani), matrikula (Basque), Autokennzeichn (Bavarian), нумарны́ знак (numarný znak) [masculine] (Belarusian), регистрацио́нен но́мер (registraciónen nómer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), matrícula [feminine] (Catalan), 號牌 (Chinese Mandarin), 号牌 (hàopái) (Chinese Mandarin), 牌照 (páizhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 車牌 (Chinese Mandarin), 车牌 (chēpái) (Chinese Mandarin), státní poznávací značka [feminine] (Czech), poznávací značka [feminine] (Czech), evidenční značka [feminine] (Czech), nummerplade [common-gender] (Danish), kentekenplaat [feminine] (Dutch), nummerplaat [feminine] (Dutch), nummerbord [neuter] (Dutch), numerplato (Esperanto), licencplato (Esperanto), nummarpláta [feminine] (Faroese), rekisterikilpi (Finnish), plaque d’immatriculation [feminine] (French), plaque minéralogique (French), სანომრე ნიშანი (sanomre nišani) (Georgian), საავტომობილო ნომერი (saavṭomobilo nomeri) (Georgian), Kfz-Kennzeichen [neuter] (German), Nummernschild [neuter] (German), πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας (pinakída kykloforías) [feminine] (Greek), લાઇસન્સ પ્લેટ (lāisans pleṭ) (Gujarati), plak machin (Haitian Creole), לוחית רישוי \ לוּחִית רִשּׁוּי (lukhít rishúy) [feminine] (Hebrew), वाहन पंजीकरण प्लेट (vāhan pañjīkraṇ pleṭ) (Hindi), rendszámtábla (Hungarian), númeraplata [feminine] (Icelandic), registragilo (Ido), pelat (Indonesian), پِلاکِ خودْرُو (pelâk-e xodrow) (Iranian Persian), pláta cláraithe [masculine] (Irish), targa [feminine] (Italian), ナンバープレート (nanbā purēto) (Japanese), нөмір белгісі (nömır belgısı) (Kazakh), автомобиль нөмірі (avtomobil nömırı) (Kazakh), ផ្លាក (phlaak) (Khmer), ស្លាកលេខ (english: slaak leek) (Khmer), 자동차 번호판 (jadongcha beonhopan) (alt: 自動車番號板) (Korean), 차량 번호판 (charyang beonhopan) (alt: 車輛番號版) (Korean), автоунаа номери (avtounaa nomeri) (Kyrgyz), реги́старска та́бличка (regístarska táblička) [feminine] (Macedonian), pereti raihana (Maori), pereti rehita (Maori), ąąh dah sitání (Navajo), bilskilt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nummerplate (Norwegian Bokmål), registreringsskilt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nummerskilt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), bilskilt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nummerplate (Norwegian Nynorsk), tablica rejestracyjna [feminine] (Polish), blacha [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), placa [feminine] (Portuguese), chapa (Portuguese), plăcuță de înmatriculare [feminine] (Romanian), placă de înmatriculare [feminine] (Romanian), номерно́й знак (nomernój znak) [masculine] (Russian), автомоби́льный но́мер (avtomobílʹnyj nómer) [masculine] (Russian), регистрацио́нный но́мер (registraciónnyj nómer) [masculine] (Russian), регистарска та̀блица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), регистарска плочица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), registarska tàblica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), registarska plȍčica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), evidenčné číslo [neuter] (Slovak), registrska tablica [feminine] (Slovene), chapa [Cuba, Paraguay, feminine] (Spanish), matrícula [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), patente [Argentina, Chile, feminine] (Spanish), placa [Latin-America, feminine] (Spanish), tablilla [Puerto-Rico, feminine] (Spanish), registreringsskylt [common-gender] (Swedish), nummerplåt [common-gender] (Swedish), plaka (Tagalog), рақами мошин (raqami mošin) (Tajik), ป้ายทะเบียนรถยนต์ (Thai), མོ་ཊའི་ཨང་གྲངས་ལྕགས་ལེབ (mo ṭa'i ang grangs lcags leb) (Tibetan), plaka (Turkish), номерни́й знак (nomernýj znak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), گاڑی نَمْبَر پْلیٹ (gāṛī nambar pleṭ) (Urdu), nomer belgisi (Uzbek), biển đăng ký xe (Vietnamese), plât cofrestru cerbyd (Welsh), plât rhifau [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "nömrəli plaka"
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        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "matrikula"
        },
        {
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "Autokennzeichn"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "numarný znak",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "нумарны́ знак"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "registraciónen nómer",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "регистрацио́нен но́мер"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "matrícula"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "號牌"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hàopái",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "号牌"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "páizhào",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "牌照"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "車牌"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chēpái",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "车牌"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "státní poznávací značka"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poznávací značka"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "evidenční značka"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nummerplade"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kentekenplaat"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nummerplaat"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nummerbord"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "numerplato"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "licencplato"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nummarpláta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "rekisterikilpi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plaque d’immatriculation"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "plaque minéralogique"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sanomre nišani",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "სანომრე ნიშანი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "saavṭomobilo nomeri",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "საავტომობილო ნომერი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Kfz-Kennzeichen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Nummernschild"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pinakída kykloforías",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "lāisans pleṭ",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "લાઇસન્સ પ્લેટ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "plak machin"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lukhít rishúy",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "לוחית רישוי \\ לוּחִית רִשּׁוּי"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vāhan pañjīkraṇ pleṭ",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "वाहन पंजीकरण प्लेट"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "rendszámtábla"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "númeraplata"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "registragilo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "pelat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pláta cláraithe"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "targa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nanbā purēto",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "ナンバープレート"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "nömır belgısı",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "нөмір белгісі"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "avtomobil nömırı",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "автомобиль нөмірі"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phlaak",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "ផ្លាក"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "english": "slaak leek",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "ស្លាកលេខ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "自動車番號板",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jadongcha beonhopan",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "자동차 번호판"
        },
        {
          "alt": "車輛番號版",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "charyang beonhopan",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "차량 번호판"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "avtounaa nomeri",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "автоунаа номери"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "regístarska táblička",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "реги́старска та́бличка"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "pereti raihana"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "pereti rehita"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "ąąh dah sitání"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bilskilt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "nummerplate"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "registreringsskilt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nummerskilt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bilskilt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "nummerplate"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "pelâk-e xodrow",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "پِلاکِ خودْرُو"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tablica rejestracyjna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "blacha"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "placa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "chapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plăcuță de înmatriculare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "placă de înmatriculare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nomernój znak",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "номерно́й знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtomobílʹnyj nómer",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автомоби́льный но́мер"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "registraciónnyj nómer",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "регистрацио́нный но́мер"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "регистарска та̀блица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "регистарска плочица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "registarska tàblica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "registarska plȍčica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "evidenčné číslo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "registrska tablica"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Cuba",
            "Paraguay",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "matrícula"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Chile",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "patente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "placa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Puerto-Rico",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tablilla"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "registreringsskylt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "nummerplåt"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "plaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "raqami mošin",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "рақами мошин"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "ป้ายทะเบียนรถยนต์"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "mo ṭa'i ang grangs lcags leb",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "མོ་ཊའི་ཨང་གྲངས་ལྕགས་ལེབ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "plaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nomernýj znak",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "номерни́й знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "gāṛī nambar pleṭ",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "گاڑی نَمْبَر پْلیٹ"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "nomer belgisi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "biển đăng ký xe"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "word": "plât cofrestru cerbyd"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plât rhifau"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "license plate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "license plate"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "license plates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelling",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "license plate (plural license plates)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Auto parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a sequence of letters, numbers, or both identifying the vehicle, and placed at the back and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tag",
          "tag"
        ],
        [
          "motor vehicle",
          "motor vehicle"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "license plate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Australian",
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "number plate"
    },
    {
      "english": "spelling outside US",
      "word": "licence plate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "targa ḳuṭr",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "ታርጋ ቁጥር"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lawḥatu sayyāratin",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لَوْحَةُ سَيَّارَةٍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lawḥatu tasjīlin markabatin",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لَوْحَةُ تَسْجِيلٍ مَرْكَبَةٍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "avtomekʻenayi petakan hamaraniš",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "ավտոմեքենայի պետական համարանիշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pethamaraniš",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "պետհամարանիշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "nömrəli plaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "matrikula"
    },
    {
      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "Autokennzeichn"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "numarný znak",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нумарны́ знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "registraciónen nómer",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "регистрацио́нен но́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrícula"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "號牌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hàopái",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "号牌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "páizhào",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "牌照"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "車牌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chēpái",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "车牌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "státní poznávací značka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poznávací značka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "evidenční značka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nummerplade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kentekenplaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nummerplaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nummerbord"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "numerplato"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "licencplato"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nummarpláta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "rekisterikilpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plaque d’immatriculation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "plaque minéralogique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sanomre nišani",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "სანომრე ნიშანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saavṭomobilo nomeri",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "საავტომობილო ნომერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kfz-Kennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nummernschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pinakída kykloforías",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "lāisans pleṭ",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "લાઇસન્સ પ્લેટ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "plak machin"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lukhít rishúy",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לוחית רישוי \\ לוּחִית רִשּׁוּי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vāhan pañjīkraṇ pleṭ",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "वाहन पंजीकरण प्लेट"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "rendszámtábla"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "númeraplata"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "registragilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "pelat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pláta cláraithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "targa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nanbā purēto",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "ナンバープレート"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "nömır belgısı",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "нөмір белгісі"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "avtomobil nömırı",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "автомобиль нөмірі"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phlaak",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "ផ្លាក"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "english": "slaak leek",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "ស្លាកលេខ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "自動車番號板",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jadongcha beonhopan",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "자동차 번호판"
    },
    {
      "alt": "車輛番號版",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "charyang beonhopan",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "차량 번호판"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "avtounaa nomeri",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "автоунаа номери"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "regístarska táblička",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "реги́старска та́бличка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "pereti raihana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "pereti rehita"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "ąąh dah sitání"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bilskilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "nummerplate"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "registreringsskilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nummerskilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bilskilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "nummerplate"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "pelâk-e xodrow",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "پِلاکِ خودْرُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tablica rejestracyjna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "placa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "chapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plăcuță de înmatriculare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "placă de înmatriculare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nomernój znak",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "номерно́й знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtomobílʹnyj nómer",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автомоби́льный но́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "registraciónnyj nómer",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "регистрацио́нный но́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "регистарска та̀блица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "регистарска плочица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "registarska tàblica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "registarska plȍčica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "evidenčné číslo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "registrska tablica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Cuba",
        "Paraguay",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrícula"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Chile",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "placa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tablilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "registreringsskylt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nummerplåt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "plaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "raqami mošin",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "рақами мошин"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "ป้ายทะเบียนรถยนต์"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mo ṭa'i ang grangs lcags leb",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "མོ་ཊའི་ཨང་གྲངས་ལྕགས་ལེབ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "plaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nomernýj znak",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "номерни́й знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gāṛī nambar pleṭ",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "گاڑی نَمْبَر پْلیٹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "nomer belgisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "biển đăng ký xe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "word": "plât cofrestru cerbyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "an identifying plate attached to a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plât rhifau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "license plate"
}

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