# postal
## English
### Etymology

From post +‎ -al, modelled on French postal.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: [ˈpoʊstl̩]
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [ˈpəʊstl̩]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊstəl
* Hyphenation US: post‧al, UK: pos‧tal

### Adjective

postal (not comparable)
* Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
    postal worker
    for all your postal needs
    work in the postal industry
* (US, slang) Crazy, insane.
** 1999, "Daria Dance Party" (Daria, season 3 episode 4)
    SANDI: Maybe I should just have my own party, since you obviously think I'm postal.

#### Derived terms

* postal address
* postal authority
* postal ballot
* postal box
* postal carrier
* postal code
* postal forgery
* postal history
* postally
* postal money-order
* postal money order
* postal note
* postal order
* postal rule
* postal village
* postal vote
* postal worker
* semi-postal stamp

#### Related terms

* post
* post office
* postally used
* go postal

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “postal, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Anagrams

* A plots, plasto-, ploats

## Catalan
### Etymology

From posta +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pusˈtal]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [posˈtal]

### Adjective

postal m or f (masculine and feminine plural postals)
* postal

### Noun

postal f (plural postals)
* Clipping of targeta postal.

### Further reading

* “postal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔs.tal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

postal (feminine postale, masculine plural postaux, feminine plural postales)
* postal

#### Derived terms

* boîte postale
* carte postale
* code postal

### Further reading

* “postal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /posˈtaw/ [posˈtaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /posˈtaw/ [posˈtaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /poʃˈtaw/ [poʃˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /puʃˈtal/ [puʃˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /puʃˈtal/ [puʃˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /puʃˈta.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: pos‧tal

### Adjective

postal m or f (plural postais)
* postal (relating to mail)

### Noun

postal m (plural postais)
* postcard
    Synonyms: cartão-postal, bilhete-postal

## Romanian
### Adjective

postal m or n (feminine singular postală, masculine plural postali, feminine and neuter plural postale)
* Obsolete form of poștal.

#### Declension
### References

* postal in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

From posta +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /posˈtal/ [posˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: pos‧tal

### Adjective

postal m or f (masculine and feminine plural postales)
* postal

#### Derived terms

* código postal
* correo postal
* sello postal
* tarjeta postal

### Noun

postal f (plural postales)
* postcard

### Further reading

* “postal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10