Meanings
nounpost-it note (plural post-it notes)
plural post-it notes
- A small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side.
Synonyms: stick note, sticky note
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side.
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Arabic ورقة لاصقة
- ورقة لاصقةsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Catalan pòstit
- pòstitsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Chinese Mandarin 便利貼 /便利贴, 即時貼 /即时贴
- 便利貼 /便利贴 (biànlìtiē)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- 即時貼 /即时贴 (jíshítiē)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Danish post-it
- post-itsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Dutch post-it
- post-itsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Finnish tarralappu
- tarralappusmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
French post-it (also capitalised "Post-it" as in trademark), pense-bête
- post-it (also capitalised "Post-it" as in trademark)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- pense-bêtesmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
German Klebezettel, Haftnotiz
- Klebezettelsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- Haftnotizsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- Haftzettelsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Hungarian post-it
- post-itsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Icelandic minnismiði
- minnismiðismall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Japanese ポストイット, 付箋
- ポストイット (posutoitto)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- 付箋 (fusen)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- 附箋 (fusen)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- 付箋紙 (fusengami)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Korean 포스트잇, 부전지
- 포스트잇 (poseuteu'it)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- 부전지 (bujeonji)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- 부전 (bujeon)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Māori pepa hāpiapia
- pepa hāpiapiasmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Norwegian post-it
- post-itsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Polish karteczka samoprzylepna
- karteczka samoprzylepnasmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Russian сти́кер, запи́ска
- сти́кер (stíker)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- запи́ска (zapíska)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- заме́тка (zamétka)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- по́ст-ит (póst-it)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- кле́йкая бума́га для заме́ток (kléjkaja bumága dlja zamétok)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Spanish pósit, post-it (póustit)
- pósitsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- post-it (póustit)small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Swedish Post-It-lapp, lapp
- Post-It-lappsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- lappsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
- klisterlappsmall piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side
Cite this entry
APA
post-it note. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-it%20note
MLA
“post-it note.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-it%20note. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post-it note,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-it%20note.
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