Meanings
nounlicense plate (plural license plates)
plural license plates · alternative licence plate
- USAn identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.
Synonyms: number plate, registration plate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
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Translations
Arabic لَوْحَةُ سَيَّارَةٍ, لَوْحَةُ تَسْجِيلٍ مَرْكَبَةٍ
- لَوْحَةُ سَيَّارَةٍ (lawḥatu sayyāratin)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- لَوْحَةُ تَسْجِيلٍ مَرْكَبَةٍ (lawḥatu tasjīlin markabatin)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Basque matrikula
- matrikulaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Bulgarian регистрацио́нен но́мер
- регистрацио́нен но́мер (registraciónen nómer)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Catalan matrícula
- matrículaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 號牌 /号牌, 牌照
- 號牌 /号牌 (hàopái)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- 牌照 (páizhào)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- 車牌 /车牌 (chēpái)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Czech státní poznávací značka, poznávací značka
- státní poznávací značkaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- poznávací značkaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- evidenční značkaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Danish nummerplade
- nummerpladean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Dutch kentekenplaat, nummerplaat
- kentekenplaatan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- nummerplaatan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- nummerbordan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Esperanto numerplato, licencplato
- numerplatoan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- licencplatoan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- ŝildoan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Finnish rekisterikilpi
- rekisterikilpian identifying plate attached to a vehicle
French plaque d'immatriculation, plaque minéralogique
- plaque d'immatriculationan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- plaque minéralogiquean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
German Kfz-Kennzeichen, Nummernschild
- Kfz-Kennzeichenan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- Nummernschildan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Greek πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας
- πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας (pinakída kykloforías)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Hebrew לוחית רישוי \ לוּחִית רִשּׁוּי
- לוחית רישוי \ לוּחִית רִשּׁוּי (lukhít rishúy)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Hindi वाहन पंजीकरण प्लेट
- वाहन पंजीकरण प्लेट (vāhan pañjīkraṇ pleṭ)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Hungarian rendszámtábla
- rendszámtáblaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Icelandic númeraplata
- númeraplataan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Indonesian pelat
- pelatan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Irish pláta cláraithe
- pláta cláraithean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Italian targa
- targaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Japanese ナンバープレート
- ナンバープレート (nanbā purēto)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Korean 자동차 번호판, 차량 번호판
- 자동차 번호판 (jadongcha beonhopan)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- 차량 번호판 (charyang beonhopan)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Māori pereti raihana, pereti rehita
- pereti raihanaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- pereti rehitaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål bilskilt, nummerplate
- bilskiltan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- nummerplatean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- registreringsskiltan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- nummerskiltan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Polish tablica rejestracyjna, blacha
- tablica rejestracyjnaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- blachaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Portuguese placa, chapa
- placaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- chapaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Romanian plăcuță de înmatriculare, placă de înmatriculare
- plăcuță de înmatricularean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- placă de înmatricularean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Russian номерно́й знак, автомоби́льный но́мер
- номерно́й знак (nomernój znak)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- автомоби́льный но́мер (avtomobílʹnyj nómer)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- регистрацио́нный но́мер (registraciónnyj nómer)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Slovak evidenčné číslo
- evidenčné čísloan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Spanish chapa, matrícula
- chapaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- matrículaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- patentean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- placaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- tablillaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Swedish registreringsskylt, nummerplåt
- registreringsskyltan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- nummerplåtan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Tagalog plaka
- plakaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Thai ป้ายทะเบียนรถยนต์
- ป้ายทะเบียนรถยนต์an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Turkish plaka
- plakaan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Ukrainian номерни́й знак
- номерни́й знак (nomernýj znak)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Urdu گاڑی نَمْبَر پْلیٹ
- گاڑی نَمْبَر پْلیٹ (gāṛī nambar pleṭ)an identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Vietnamese biển đăng ký xe
- biển đăng ký xean identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Welsh plât cofrestru cerbyd, plât rhifau
- plât cofrestru cerbydan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
- plât rhifauan identifying plate attached to a vehicle
Cite this entry
APA
license plate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/license%20plate
MLA
“license plate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/license%20plate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “license plate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/license%20plate.
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