decal

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of decalcomania.

Pronunciation

(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəl/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.kæl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːkæl/, /dɪˈkæl/

Noun

decal (plural decals)

A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
(US) A decorative sticker.
- 1971 John Prine, Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
  - But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.

Verb

decal (third-person singular simple present decals, present participle decaling or decalling, simple past and past participle decaled or decalled)

(transitive) To apply decals to.

Translations

design or picture to be transferred

Bulgarian: ваденка (vadenka)
Czech: obtisk (cs) m
French: autocollant (fr) m
German: Abziehbild n
Italian: decalcabile m, vetrofania (it) f, calcomania f, decalcomania (it) f

Kurdish: daneder‎ (ku) (daneder)
Luxembourgish: Abzebild (lb) n
Serbo-Croatian: preslikač (sh), naljepnica (sh)
Spanish: calcomanía (es) f, pegatina (es) f

Anagrams

Cadle, E.D. Cal., cadel, clade, laced

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