P-plate

English

New South Wales

UK

Pronunciation

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Noun

P-plate (plural P-plates)

1. (Australia, UK) A plastic square sticker or sign bearing a large letter P, placed on a vehicle to indicate that the driver only has a probationary driver's licence, for various possible reasons.
2. (UK) A plastic square sticker or sign bearing a large green letter P - optional not mandatory - placed on a vehicle, probably to indicate that the driver has recently passed his or her driving test.

Derived terms

• P-plater
• on one's P's

Translations

sticker

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: P牌 (pī-pái)

See also

• L-plate

Anagrams

• applet, lappet