Meanings
adjectivepostal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
We sell stamps and stationery for all your postal needs.
1 more example
He's a postal worker, and has been in the postal industry for decades.
Origin
- Frenchpostal
- Englishpostal
From post + -al, modelled on French postal.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَرِيدِيّ
- بَرِيدِيّ (barīdiyy)relating to mail
Bulgarian по́щенски
- по́щенски (póštenski)relating to mail
Catalan postal
- postalrelating to mail
Czech poštovní
- poštovnírelating to mail
Esperanto poŝta
- poŝtarelating to mail
Finnish posti-
- posti-relating to mail
French postal
- postalrelating to mail
German Post-, postalisch
- Post-relating to mail
- postalischrelating to mail
Greek ταχυδρομικός
- ταχυδρομικός (tachydromikós)relating to mail
Hungarian postai
- postairelating to mail
Italian postale
- postalerelating to mail
Persian پستی
- پستی (posti)relating to mail
Polish pocztowy
- pocztowyrelating to mail
Portuguese postal
- postalrelating to mail
Romanian poștal
- poștalrelating to mail
Russian почто́вый
- почто́вый (počtóvyj)relating to mail
Slovak poštový
- poštovýrelating to mail
Spanish postal
- postalrelating to mail
Ukrainian пошто́вий
- пошто́вий (poštóvyj)relating to mail
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with postal
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
postal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postal
MLA
“postal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postal.
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