"poste restante" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French poste restante. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|poste restante}} French poste restante Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} poste restante (uncountable)
  1. A postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient Wikipedia link: poste restante Tags: uncountable Synonyms: general delivery [Canada, US], to be called for [UK], care of post office [Australia] Related terms: accommodation address Translations (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it): 存局候領 /存局候领 (cúnjúhòulǐng) [China, Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 存局待領 /存局待领 (cúnjúdàilǐng) [Hong-Kong] (Chinese Mandarin), 留局候領 /留局候领 (liújúhòulǐng) [dated] (Chinese Mandarin), poste restante (Finnish), noutoposti (Finnish), poste restante [feminine] (French), Postlagerservice [masculine] (German), postán maradó (Hungarian), fermoposta [masculine] (Italian), 局留め (kyokudome) (alt: きょくどめ) (Japanese), 우체국 임치제 (ucheguk imchije) (alt: 郵遞局任置制) (Korean), posta restante (Portuguese), до востре́бования (do vostrébovanija) (alt: слу́жба) (Russian), poste restante (Swedish)
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