postcard

carte postale

Carte, souvent illustrée, sur laquelle on écrit un message et qu’on envoie par la poste sans enveloppe.

En anglais simple : A card, often with a picture, that you write on and send by mail without an envelope.

• I sent you a postcard.
• She collects postcards from different countries.
• Did my postcard arrive before I got home?

Synonymes : card

Expressions courantes : send a postcard, picture postcard, postcard from somewhere

envoyer une carte postale

Envoyer à quelqu’un une carte postale avec un message écrit.

En anglais simple : To send someone a card with a written message by mail.

• Please postcard me from Spain.
• He postcarded his parents every week.
• She promised to postcard us during her travels.

Comment l'utiliser : postcard someone (I will postcard you when I reach Rome.)

Expressions courantes : postcard someone, postcard your friends, postcard someone regularly

communiquer par carte postale

Transmettre une information en l’écrivant sur une carte postale et en l’envoyant.

En anglais simple : To send information by writing it on a card and mailing it.

• He postcarded his new address to us.
• Please postcard the details to my office.
• She postcarded news of her arrival home.

Comment l'utiliser : postcard something to someone (She postcarded the news to her sister.)

Expressions courantes : postcard the news, postcard something home, postcard something to someone