"postal" meaning in English

See postal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈpoʊstl̩] [General-American], [ˈpəʊstl̩] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-postal.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊstəl Etymology: From French postal. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|postal}} French postal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} postal (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Post Related terms: post, post office, postally used, go postal Translations (relating to mail): بَرِيدِيّ (barīdiyy) (Arabic), փոստային (pʿostayin) (Armenian), пашто́вы (paštóvy) (Belarusian), по́щенски (póštenski) (Bulgarian), postal (Catalan), poštovní (Czech), poŝta (Esperanto), posti- (Finnish), postal (French), Post- (German), postalisch (German), ταχυδρομικός (tachydromikós) (Greek), postai (Hungarian), postale (Italian), поштенски (poštenski) (Macedonian), پستی (posti) (Persian), pocztowy (Polish), postal (Portuguese), poștal (Romanian), почто́вый (počtóvyj) (Russian), по̏штанскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍštanskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), poštový (Slovak), poštni (Slovene), postal (Spanish), пошто́вий (poštóvyj) (Ukrainian)

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