Postale

Postale is an Italian adjective meaning postal or mail-related. It is derived from Latin postalis, through the development of terms describing mail delivery and postal infrastructure. In Italian, postale is usually used as a modifier rather than as a standalone noun. Common usages include ufficio postale (post office), servizio postale (postal service), and codice postale (postal code), the latter often abbreviated CAP. The noun for mail itself is posta, while postale describes things connected with mail handling.

In other Romance languages, cognate forms with similar meanings exist, and in English the corresponding adjective is postal. Usage varies by country and context, but terms related to mail services and postal systems typically reflect local language conventions.

Less frequent uses include phrases such as documenti postali (postal documents) and tecnologia postale (postal technology), which appear mainly in official, administrative, or technical writing.

Postale can also occur as a surname or within organizational names, but such uses are rare and highly localized. They are not part of the standard vocabulary for everyday discourse about mail and postal systems.

See also: Poste, Post, Postal code, Postal service.